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Bruce, Christine – 1997
This book examines the varying experiences of information literacy among higher educators and proposes a relational model of information literacy as an alternative to the behavioral model that dominates the education and research. The metaphor of an "information literacy wheel" is used to examine problems associated with the behavioral model and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Information Processing
Kraft, Donald H., Ed. – 2000
The 2000 ASIS (American Society for Information Science) conference explored knowledge innovation. The tracks in the conference program included knowledge discovery, capture, and creation; classification and representation; information retrieval; knowledge dissemination; and social, behavioral, ethical, and legal aspects. This proceedings is…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Policy, Information Processing
Hyerle, David – 1996
The brain works by making patterns, and this process can be visualized through a medium called visual tools. The book discusses three types of visual tools: brainstorming webs, task-specific organizers, and thinking-process maps. Sample lessons, assessments, and descriptions of visual tools in action are included. Emphasis is placed on the…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Rosenzweig, Mark R., Ed.; Porter, Lyman W., Ed. – 1982
This volume contains 20 essays on current research in representative areas of psychology. The authors are professors and researchers at universities in the United States, England, Colombia, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, France, and Canada. A wide range of topics is discussed. Included among these are social psychology of intergroup…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Genetics, Higher Education, Information Processing
Cohen, Karen M.; And Others – 1978
The three papers in this book treat the experimental literature on eye movements in reading and information processing to determine what factors might be manipulated to improve reading efficiency. The first paper discusses control models of eye activity in reading, research data concerning eye activity with reading material, and future directions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Eye Movements