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Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1989
Because reference librarians at San Antonio College (Texas) often found themselves facing the difficult situation of assisting students who were struggling with ill-conceived, faculty-designed library assignments, they developed a 2-hour workshop for faculty on the construction of course-related assignments. This collection of workshop-related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Fox, Lynne M.; And Others. – 1990
Arguing that today's nursing students will be better prepared to face future challenges if they possess information literacy skills, this paper describes an information literacy program which has been integrated into the University of Northern Colorado's School of Nursing curriculum. Information literacy is described and defined, and the four…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Integrated Library Instruction
McGregor, Joy – 1996
This paper describes two studies conducted with high school students doing library research and writing research papers, with the objective of examining the effectiveness of this type of assignment. The students were all in grade 11, the first group in Canada, the second in the United States. Students were observed in the classroom before they…
Descriptors: Assignments, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High School Students
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
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Meng, Lynn Whitnall; Meng, Mark – 1994
Library use instruction designed specifically for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is discussed briefly and library skill activities used with this population at Union County College (New Jersey) are described. It is noted that many students from other countries have had little or no exposure to libraries because of either limited…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)