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Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela A.; Black, Elizabeth L. – Communications in Information Literacy, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the notion that our world is global and interdependent. Despite the ever-increasing connection of global with local, there continues to be formidable barriers in accessing information produced in different international contexts and languages. This Innovative Practices article details the redesign of an…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Outcomes of Education
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Knippen, Kerri Lynn; LaVenia, Kristina N.; Burek, Melissa W. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2021
Teach-Ins have historically been used as a way for educators to raise knowledge and awareness around an urgent social problem. We report findings from an action evaluation of the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Opioid Awareness Teach-In, which was designed to (a) make clear that the BGSU community believes we can work to change the story of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Narcotics, Universities, Consciousness Raising
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Lawson, Timothy J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
This article describes how my psychology department utilizes our alumni to educate current and prospective students about careers in psychology. I explain how we developed an alumni careers website and on-campus alumni careers sessions for students. High school students and our psychology majors reported that they found this information valuable,…
Descriptors: Alumni, Psychology, Career Choice, Information Sources
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Kovalik, Cindy; Yutzey, Susan; Piazza, Laura – School Library Research, 2013
To better understand how high school students apply their information literacy skills when conducting research and how these students carry out research projects, researchers asked a group of 289 high school seniors to complete an information literacy survey related to the research process. In addition, approximately ten percent of these students…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Technology, High School Seniors, Student Research
Martin, Margaret Ruth – 1967
Because communication in a classroom is seldom complete, students seek further information elsewhere. This study examines these sources of information and the type of information sought from each. Twenty-two Remedial English students and 21 English Composition students were interviewed in separate half-hour sessions. It was hypothesized that they…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Information Sources, Resource Materials, Socioeconomic Influences
Wardlow, George W., Ed.; Johnson, Donald M., Ed. – 1996
The following are among the 42 papers and 8 poster sessions included: "Association of Methodology and Student Learning Style on Student Perception of a Collegiate Leadership Course" (McNulty, Townsend); "Learning Styles and Cognitive Performance of Secondary School Pupils" (Cox, Connors); "Effect of Style-Specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, American Indians