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Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOkolo, Cynthia M.; Ferretti, Ralph P. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1996
Effects of project-based instruction were assessed in a study of 21 students (mean age 12) with learning disabilities who developed social studies projects from source materials using word processing tools alone or using multimedia presentation tools. Students in both groups acquired substantial content knowledge, but neither group differed in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
McElmeel, Sharron L. – Technology Connection, 1997
Describes a research project where fifth- and sixth-grade students compiled information from original sources and presented it on a Web site. Discusses planning, students' critical thinking in research strategies, and learning outcomes. Includes a summary of selected topics researched with a note on technology skills used. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Grade 6
Peer reviewedWalton, Susan A.; Lynch, Maurice P. – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a problem-based unit in which students are charged with the responsibility of discovering what killed the menhaden fish in a local river. Involves the teacher coaching students through the problem and directing them toward resources and lines of inquiry. Enables students to gain an understanding of their local environment and the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Inquiry, Investigations, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedPerry, Nancy Walker; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes the course content, student response, and instructional effectiveness of an undergraduate psychology and law course built around a series of active learning projects. Students chose either to attend a jury trial or to interview three people involved in the legal system. These formed the basis for papers and presentations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedAcharya, Mukund; And Others – Journal of Engineering Education, 1995
A Research Experience for Undergraduates is an extracurricular opportunity for science and engineering undergraduate students to participate in academic research like graduate students. Describes an effort to incorporate professional ethics into such an experience. The basic premise--integrating explicit discussion of ethical considerations…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Engineering Education, Ethics
Peer reviewedNeysmith-Roy, Joan M.; Kleisinger, Carmel L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes an undergraduate course project where students helped mentally alert senior citizens write their life stories. By assisting senior citizens to organize memories and interpret life decisions, the students experienced stages they had not yet lived through. Students evaluated the course project as a positive learning and personal growth…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Biographies, Course Content
Peer reviewedMilbury, Peter – Social Studies Review, 1996
Reports on an excellent Internet resource, the SCORE History-Social Science Web Page. This site provides links to hundreds of other sites containing relevant resources for most social science curricula. Discusses the origin, planning, and implementation of the project. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Media
Peer reviewedKennedy-Kalafatis, Susan; Carleton, Dawn – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1996
Describes a teacher's experiments with improving students' writing in the geography classroom using peer editing exercises. Discusses the development and gives examples of the editing exercises and style sheets. Briefly reviews the theory of audience-centered communication. (MJP)
Descriptors: Editing, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction
Peer reviewedMarble, Stephen – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
Three teams of prospective teachers created and presented school "portraits" based on research in an elementary school. Their stories revealed that each team moved from an external point of view to one situated in the actions of teaching. Their efforts to construct their own stories had a powerful impact on their knowledge, relationships…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Masters Degrees
Peer reviewedLynes, Kristine – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Describes the use of the Internet to investigate mathematical problems, create and share information, discover patterns and relationships, and find out more about the world. This unit investigates pet ownership and introduces children to telecommunications, the use of the computer as a tool, and scientific research methods. Other units address…
Descriptors: Cartography, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedAustin, Caroline A. – Biochemical Education, 1997
Analyzes undergraduate research projects in biochemistry and related subjects at British universities. Discusses the trend toward students doing less research as part of their undergraduate study. Reasons cited for this trend include increased student numbers and costs. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Class Size
Peer reviewedMcElroy, Jerome L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Describes a senior economics seminar where the professor created his own paper along with the students to demonstrate the expected standards of effort and excellence. The components of the paper were produced in stages. Each component was tied to a specific research or editing process. (MJP)
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Instructional Innovation, Mentors
Peer reviewedBilal, Dania – Online Information Review, 2002
Reports findings of a three-part research project that examined the information seeking behavior and success of 22 seventh-grade science students in using the Web. Discusses problems encountered, including inadequate knowledge of how to use the search engine and poor level of research skills; and considers implications for Web training and system…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Grade 7, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedLoertscher, David V.; Woolls, Blanche – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses the use of libraries by teenagers and considers implications from the research for practice. Topics include why teens use libraries; the librarian's role in reaching out to teens; teen reading; skills needed for information literacy; effects on student research, including attitudes and achievement levels; and use of technology,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Information Literacy
