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The Companion Course: A Pilot Project To Teach Discipline-Specific Library Research Skills.
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Bell, Colleen; Benedicto, Juanita – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1998
A task force developed to examine solutions to declining student enrollments and student retention problems, recommended that the University of Oregon Library System develop library courses that address discipline-specific information needs in several library intensive courses, especially in journalism, management, psychology, and women's studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Enrollment, Higher Education
Contributions of Library Power to Collaborations between Librarians and Teachers.
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Webb, Norman L.; Doll, Carol A. – School Libraries Worldwide, 1999
Data from over 400 schools shows participation in Library Power increased the percentage of schools where teachers and librarians collaborated to plan instruction and to develop the library collection, and increased the percentage of teachers collaborating with the librarian in schools where collaboration already existed. Collaborative logs…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Collaborating for Authentic Learning.
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Gross, June; Kientz, Susan – Teacher Librarian, 1999
Focuses on collaboration for authentic learning. Describes an assignment that was collaboratively planned, constructed and implemented by one high school's teacher-librarian and chemistry teacher. Discusses outcomes of the assignment; assessing authenticity; higher-order thinking; depth of knowledge; and connectedness to the world beyond the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Chemistry, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
The Census in One Hour?: The Development of an Effective One-Shot BI Session.
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Sanford, Carolyn C. – Research Strategies, 1991
Describes the continuing development of a bibliographic instruction (BI) course at Carleton College for a sociology/anthropology research methods course that focuses on statistical sources. Goals and objectives of the course are explained, and various methods of teaching search strategies are described, including overhead transparencies, handouts,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, College Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Course Objectives
Helping Teachers Teach: A School Library Media Specialist's Role. Second Edition.
Turner, Philip M. – 1993
This book provides the tools for school library media specialists to make a significant and positive impact on the children and young adults in schools. The goals of this work are to delineate a realistic role structure for the school media specialist; to present the role of instructional consultant as obtainable and desirable; and to provide the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lessons from Library Power: Enriching Teaching and Learning. Final Report of the Evaluation of the National Library Power Initiative, an Initiative of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund.
Zweizig, Douglas L.; Hopkins, Dianne McAfee – 1999
This book presents the results of an evaluation of Library Power, an initiative of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund that provided support for school library development in 19 communities. Following an introductory chapter, the chapters are organized around key questions of the evaluation. Chapters 2 through 4 address the implementation of…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education