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Stover, Lynne Farrell – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2005
An acronym, a word formed from the first letters of other words, is often used to name products or organizations. For example, when Hermione Granger, a very clever student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is enraged over the wizarding world's treatment of house-elves, she creates an organization to help put an end to this injustice.…
Descriptors: Memory, Teaching Methods, Language Skills, Problem Solving
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses models for information skills that include inquiry-oriented activities. Highlights include WebQuest, which uses Internet resources supplemented with videoconferencing; Minnesota's Inquiry Process based on the Big Six model for information problem-solving; Indiana's Student Inquiry Model; constructivist learning models for inquiry; and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Inquiry
Fall, Eleanor; Shaw, Connie – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Describes a project based on the book "Roxaboxen" by Alice McLerran for a multiage summer program at the Loudon Country Day School (Virginia) where children create an imaginary town. Discusses benefits of the project, including connecting children with books, illuminating the importance of play, use of imagination, and suitability for various…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Imagination
Kruise, Carol Sue – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
This discussion of the need for learning activities which promote critical thinking skills, creativity, and affective growth in children uses Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide for designing such activities based on children's literature. Several examples of projects based on specific children's books are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment
Thompson, Verna; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Provides three activities that help develop library skills for elementary school students. One describes a riddle card game that reviews research book terms; one explains a book report activity; and one focuses on cooperative problem-solving activities to find titles by favorite authors. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Zingher, Gary – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1995
The use of creative dramatics in the library media center allows children to bring characters and stories to life, and encourages verbalization, experimentation, improvisation, and problem solving. Dramatic play activities are presented for grades two through six. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Dramatics, Elementary Education, Improvisation
Sine, Lynn; Murphy, Becky – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Explains a problem-solving format developed by a school media specialist and first grade teacher that used the framework of Eisenberg and Berkowitz's "Big Six Skills" for library media programs. The application of the format to a science unit on the senses is described. (two references) (MES)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary School Science, Grade 1, Learning Activities
Berkowitz, Robert E.; Riley-Harvey, Tracy – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Examines the information problem-solving (Big Six Skills) approach to performance evaluation, which allows library media specialists to focus on student performance and how it benefits from specific activities. Describes the "Big Six Skills Approach": task definition, information seeking, location and access, use of information,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Seeking, Information Skills, Information Utilization
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
Jansen, Barbara A. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
There are several factors to consider when developing tasks to satisfy curricular objectives. Tasks can be written by teachers alone or by teachers and library media specialists collaboratively. Each task should have an authentic problem-driven purpose, be developmentally appropriate, have an intended audience, and introduce new concepts, content,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
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
Branum, Nell Carter – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Examines how the holiday of Thanksgiving is treated in primary books and offers comparisons of 28 popular titles in print. Innovative classroom and media center projects are described, including discussions, drawings, bulletin boards, problem-solving activities, and cooking. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Childrens Art, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
McKenzie, Barbara K.; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Presents a variety of innovative, inexpensive, and effective uses for photography that have been seen in elementary and secondary school classrooms. Activities in four areas are included: curriculum enhancement in literature, writing, science, social studies, and art; problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity; school public relations; and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cost Effectiveness, Creativity, Critical Thinking