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Milam, Peggy S. – 2002
This book is a comprehensive guide to implementing the InfoQuest program in libraries, schools, and school library media centers. In the InfoQuest program, a research question is posed each week, and students have all week to come to the media center and use a variety of reference tools and media to research the answer. Small prizes are awarded to…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Information Literacy
Download full textCraver, Kathleen W. – 1984
This paper describes how four classes of high school students were introduced over a 2-year period to the concepts and terminology of online bibliographic searching, instructed to formulate their own search strategies, and received the opportunity to observe their strategies executed by a skilled searcher on various selected databases. It also…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Information Retrieval, Introductory Courses, Library Instruction
Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN. – 1987
This research report describes the results of a field test of "South Asia: Nepal--Why are the Forests Disappearing?", a video program from "Global Geography", an instructional video series (available January 1988) for students in middle and junior high schools. The results from the teachers and students surveyed indicate…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Audiovisual Instruction, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Craver, Kathleen W. – 1994
School media centers are at a critical juncture. Over the next decade, schools will undergo fundamental technical, economic, societal, instructional and administrative changes. Current uses of computers in education include drill and practice, word processing, simulation exercises, database management, and computer-based graphics. When the use of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Turner, Philip M. – 1993
This book provides the tools for school library media specialists to make a significant and positive impact on the children and young adults in schools. The goals of this work are to delineate a realistic role structure for the school media specialist; to present the role of instructional consultant as obtainable and desirable; and to provide the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier, Ed. – 1994
Assessment of student learning, the measuring of students' progress and performance, is an important concern for library media specialists. Twelve articles are presented which address the issue of assessment of library media services. The titles are: "The Growth of Assessment" (George F. Madaus, Ann G. A. Tan); "Library Information…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Wesson, Caren L., Ed.; Keefe, Margaret J., Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers considers how the school library media specialist serves special needs students and classroom teachers in multiple roles as teacher, information specialist, and instructional consultant or collaborator. Included are the following papers: "Teaching Library and Information Skills to Special Needs Students" (Caren…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Bibliotherapy, Computer Oriented Programs, Disabilities
