Reports a study of 28 sixth-grade students who significantly improved their library research study skills by following a four-stage strategy in short but frequent practice sessions. Bibliography. (MD)

Discusses problems of using observation techniques in hope of instigating a more general re-examination of the potentialities of observation as an instrument of educational research. (Author)

Presents a basic organizational plan, patterned after the U.S. Department of State, which can be used as a model for teaching secondary level contemporary affairs. Each student becomes a specialist in a chosen global region while developing skills in geographic analysis and independent research. (AM)

Recommends assigning a short research essay as a productive alternative to the large research project in the freshman writing class. (JL)

Focuses on the need to develop research skills in children so that they may become independent and critical users of research materials. Suggestions are given on how librarians can work with teachers to develop children's research skills. (Author/LLS)

Argues that the problem with teaching today is too little research. Characterizes research-oriented teachers as spokesmen in the Classical Greek legal sense: they have firsthand knowledge, are eyewitnesses and discoverers or generators of knowledge. They are not dependent on others and speak with the force of authority. (JMF)

Suggests how to reduce student passivity in large-enrollment college level classes by directing students to participate in a social survey which involves research replication. (Author/DB)

Outlines the traditional approach of "history of the book" courses in library education, and discusses the ambivalent attitude of professionals, as well as the question of such a course's contemporary value. Argues that a research approach should be used which will benefit third-world and postindustrial nations. References are included. (Author/BK)

Outlines a research methods course which stresses experiential learning through a variety of projects in which students learn the major aspects of experimentation. An in-class study, research project, proposal, and class analysis are discussed. (KC)

Describes projects for students in a journalism class, including researching journalism history, interviewing their parents, critiquing exchange newspapers, writing a term paper about journalism, working with outside agencies to plan a charity project, and publishing such school-related publications as football programs and play programs. (GT)

Compares and contrasts individual and aggregate-centered research in terms of general vs aggregate-type statements, effectiveness vs significance, orderliness vs variability, and questions and answers vs decision making. The strengths and misuses of these references and other relationships in this three-part classification are also discussed.…

Describes how students can write research papers incorporating good conversation. (DD)

Contends that the digital world is not replacing the written word; it is offering new and additional dimensions of knowledge. Defines information competency as the ability to exploit information in various formats. Reviews the efforts of California's community colleges to make information competency a genuine part of higher education through…

One challenge of teaching in a correctional institution is the lack of diversity among teachers compared to the prison population. In partnership with library staff, correctional educators can help students access the materials they find interesting and develop research skills to be used upon release. (JOW)

Argues that the preparation of novice literacy researchers should change in response to the growing diversification of epistemologies and methods employed in literacy research. Suggests ways in which coursework related to research methods and epistemologies, research apprenticeships and mentoring, and the reading and writing of literacy research…