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Andron, Sandy – G/C/T, 1979
A teacher of gifted fifth and sixth grade students describes a unit on research ability in which students engage in a library scavenger hunt. (CL)
Descriptors: Gifted, Learning Activities, Library Research, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedCameron, Ann M. – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Recommends a series of six exercises designed to help students become familiar with a number of different resources in a school library. (TJ)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Research, Library Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedConway, William D. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
The use of classroom debates in ESL classes combines student interest and meaningful dialogue with library research, documentation and written reports. Students select debate propositions, research them, organize teams and conduct structured classroom debates. (CHK)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Classroom Techniques, Debate, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedHsieh-Yee, Ingrid – RQ, 1997
A survey of 148 library and information science (LIS) educators determined that electronic information resources in LIS curricula have been integrated into basic and advanced reference courses: Internet resources were covered by 81% and Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) online union catalog by 53%. Lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Demonstrations (Educational), Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Dantin, Doris B., Comp. – 1983
A survey of 33 academic libraries in Louisiana was conducted in the spring of 1983 to determine the techniques used during the 1981/82 academic year to impart bibliographic or library instruction to students and faculty. A total of 27 responses were received. It was found that all but five of the respondents had a library instruction program; the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Extension
Chin, Susan Ho; Blumenthal, Caroline – 1989
The argument is made that English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) educators cannot prepare students for mainstreaming in American colleges and universities if the students are limited to ESL textbooks. When teachers assign library projects, they generally neglect the vital area of bibliographic instruction because they assume that the foreign student…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Teachers, Learning Activities
Larson, Mary Ellen; Freivalds, Dace – 1985
This study on the role of instruction in encouraging the successful performance of the first-time online catalog user examined three relationships to evaluate the effects of an instructional program: the comparative effectiveness of four instructional methods in orienting users to the online catalog; the influence of an instruction program on user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Intermode Differences
Oberhauser, O.; Wurzl, R. – 1982
This report describes the library instruction program at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria and proposes various program improvements, which are based in part on the results of a 1979 survey of over 2,600 faculty and students. An overview of the present state-of-the-art of library user education and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Communications Branch. – 1992
This manual is designed to provide teachers with practical information to assist them as they implement the Science 10 program in their classrooms. The introduction of the Science 10 program in Alberta provides an opportunity for teachers to move out of their particular discipline of expertise and explore with their students the larger area of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Cooperative Learning, Educational Resources
Montgomery, Paula K., Ed.; Thomas, Nancy Pickering – 1999
This book brings together the literature on information skills instruction with particular reference to models related to information seeking and the information search process, including representational, instructional/teaching, and facilitation models. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the development of the library curriculum as it has evolved…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
