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Murphy, Laurie; Eduljee, Nina B.; Croteau, Karen; Parkman, Suzanne – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2020
This empirical study examined the relationship between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality types and preferred teaching methods for 507 Saint Joseph's College of Maine undergraduate students. The students completed two instruments: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, Form M (Myers, McCaulley, Quenk, & Hammer, 1998), and a 27-item…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teaching Methods, Preferences, Undergraduate Students
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Locknar, Angela; Mitchell, Rudolph; Rankin, Janet; Sadoway, Donald R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A first-year chemistry course is ideal for introducing students to finding and using scholarly information early in their academic careers. A four-pronged approach (lectures, homework problems, videos, and model solutions) was used to incorporate library research skills into a large lecture-based course. Pre- and post-course surveying demonstrated…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Chemistry, Research Skills, Library Research
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Cudiner, Shelley; Harmon, Oskar – Research Strategies, 2001
Discussion of changes in academic library instruction needed for teaching Internet access to electronic databases focuses on a study at the University of Connecticut that compared differences in effectiveness between an online, real-time hands-on class with an eclectic format that combined lecture and a hands-on component. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Higher Education
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Hsieh-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
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Prorak, Diane; And Others – RQ, 1994
Reports on a study of the effect of small-group, active-learning approaches to bibliographic instruction and psychological type on learning and confidence. No significant relationship was found between students' scores and teaching method or psychological type. A significant relationship was found between knowledge scores and the librarian…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
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Ackerson, Linda G.; Young, Virgina E. – Research Strategies, 1994
A three-year study at the University of Alabama compared a traditional lecture method for teaching library research skills with a course-integrated, computer-enhanced approach by assessing each method's impact on the quality of bibliographies from engineering students' term papers. In four of the five semesters, no significant differences were…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction