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Download full textKeshavarz, Mohsen; Baghdarnia, Mostafa – Journal of Learning Design, 2013
This article describes a method for the assessment of professional student outcomes (performance-type outcomes or soft skills). The method is based upon group activities, research on modern electrical engineering topics by individual students, classroom presentations on chosen research topics, final presentations, and technical report writing.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Engineering
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
This paper describes a project that underscores the critical role of this nation's museums and libraries in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness. Recognizing that every individual requires these…
Descriptors: Library Role, Museums, Program Effectiveness, Public Libraries
White, Marilyn Domas – 1981
Using simulated reference questions and a search exercise in a standardized list of subject headings, this test assesses several major skills of reference librarians: question analysis, selection of appropriate source, actual use of the source, and selection of appropriate subject terms. It also provides a means of determining the attitudes of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Librarians, Library Services, Library Skills
Carey, James O. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Reviews the Big6 information problem-solving model. Highlights include benefits and dangers of the simplicity of the model; theories of instruction; testing of the model; the model as a process for completing research projects; and advice for school library media specialists considering use of the model. (LRW)
Descriptors: Information Skills, Learning Resources Centers, Library Skills, Media Specialists
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2001
Discusses search strategy, strategies for understanding information, and instructional strategies as they relate to information literacy. Topics include orientation to sources and services; awareness of key literature; critical thinking and problem solving; inquiry; reading comprehension to enhance understanding; and strategies used by proficient…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Information Literacy
Peer reviewedSchroeder, Eileen E.; Zarinnia, E. Anne – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Illustrates how problem-based learning can be a context for developing information problem-solving skills, from defining an information need to evaluating information to articulating ideas through argumentation. It supports critical thinking, teaching for understanding, and development of student information literacy skills. (AEF)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Wesley, Threasa L. – 1992
Designed to introduce the college student to library research and information use skills, this guide begins with an initial survey of the topic and progresses to how to write a report. It is divided into the following sections: (1) Introduction to Library Research; (2) Analyzing Your Subject and Beginning Your Research Plan; (3) Gathering…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Discusses the concept of cooperative learning and its application to library and information skills. Topics include Bloom's Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives; interpersonal skills; circles of learning; meaningful-use tasks, including decision making and problem solving; and suggestions for cooperative activities for library information…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Decision Making, Experiential Learning
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses how to help students apply thinking skills to library research and provides examples of techniques for teaching comparing and contrasting, sequencing, classifying, cause and effect, problem solving, and decision making. Examples were effective with middle schoolers but could also be adapted for high school or older elementary school…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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 reviewedO'Hanlon, Nancy – Journal of Teacher Education, 1988
Library research skills instruction aids the development of critical, evaluative faculties in teacher trainees. This article describes a problem-solving simulation method (guided design simulation method) for teaching library skills, and discusses gains accruing to teachers and pupils from such instruction. (IAH)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Sine, Lynn – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Offers suggestions for teaching information skills to kindergarten through second-grade students. Highlights include book titles to use as discussion lead-ins; library group activities; the use of technology, including computer software and electronic mail; and problem-solving skills. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Electronic Mail
Oberman-Soroka, Cerise – 1980
This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Jahoda, Gerald; And Others – 1975
An instructional module designed to help librarians learn to identify and negotiate reference questions is presented and discussed. The instructional module consists of an essay on performance of negotiation as a decision-making step in the reference process, and exercises for identification of queries that should be negotiated. A videotape which…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Higher Education, Information Science, Information Services
Snodgrass, Sara E. – 1984
Practical ways in which writing was used in a college level introductory social psychology course are described. Rather than being used almost exclusively as a tool for evaluation, the process of writing was also used as a tool for problem solving and for producing creative and analytical thinking. Writing was integrated into the course in three…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Creative Thinking, Higher Education
