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Integration of Information Literacy Components into a Large First-Year Lecture-Based Chemistry Course
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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
Basic Information Access Skills: Curriculum Design Using a Matrix Approach.
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Wright, Carol; Larson, Mary Ellen – Research Strategies, 1990
Uses a matrix to identify conceptual gaps in a bibliographic instruction program at an academic library and discusses a curriculum design model that includes objectives in the affective and sensorimotor domains as well as cognitive instruction. Application of the model to a computer-assisted bibliographic instruction project is described. (10…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Even High School Students Can Do Real Research.
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Richardson, Joan – Catholic Library World, 1991
Discussion of teaching library skills to high school students focuses on a six-stage model of a process approach to teaching library research that is based on Kuhlthau's research. Incorporating library skills throughout the curriculum is encouraged, the need for teacher/librarian partnerships is emphasized, and the use of Bloom's Taxonomy of…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Resources Centers
May I Introduce You: Teaching Culturally Diverse End-Users through Everyday Information Seeking Experiences.
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Huston, Mary M. – Reference Services Review, 1989
Discussion of library instruction for teaching the use of computer-based searching techniques focuses on a study conducted at Evergreen State College to determine novice and experienced users' information seeking habits, and to create a multicultural teaching model for researchers that acknowledges the users' conceptual frameworks. (15 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Libraries, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
The Power of Information Literacy: Unity of Education and Resources for the 21st Century.
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Todd, Ross J.; And Others – 1992
Information literacy is the ability to use information purposefully and effectively. It is a holistic, interactive learning process encompassing the skills-based phases of defining, locating, selecting, organizing, presenting, and evaluating information from sources that include books and other media, experiences, and people; being able to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
From Library Skills to Information Literacy: A Handbook for the 21st Century.
California Media and Library Educators Association. – 1994
This handbook is designed to help classroom teachers, library media specialists, and others who wish to integrate information literacy into their curriculum. It provides models and strategies which encourage children and young adults to find, analyze, create, and use information as they become productive citizens. The following topics are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies