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Information Use Skills in the Engineering Programme Accreditation Criteria of Four Countries
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Bradley, Cara – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
The need for twenty-first century information skills in engineering practice, combined with the importance for engineering programmes to meet accreditation requirements, suggests that it may be worthwhile to explore the potential for closer alignment between librarians and their work with information literacy competencies to assist in meeting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Accreditation (Institutions)
MBO: A Rational Approach and a Comparative Frameworks Approach
Harries, T. W. – Educational Administration Bulletin, 1974
Considering an organizational phenomenon from more than one theoretical perspective may be more fruitful than using a single rational approach. There is a danger that the restriction of information generation caused by the single approach may produce a false certainty engendered in part through the methodology itself. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Administration, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Information Seeking and Use: Students' Thinking and Their Mental Models.
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McGregor, Joy H. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1994
Compares research studies conducted by Kuhlthau, McGregor, and Pitts that investigated the library research process used by high school students and their information retrieval and utilization strategies. Topics discussed include research methodologies; information seeking; cognitive aspects; narrowing the topic; stages in the research process;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Information Retrieval
A Study of the Needs of Oklahoma Citizens for Information About Vocational-Technical Education.
DeGuglielmo, Bob; And Others – 1975
The study was undertaken to identify the kinds of information that the Oklahoma public wants about vocational education. Two data collection methodologies were used, the Delphi Technique and task force procedure. Participants were 240 volunteers from a statewide master list of 653 persons selected as representative. After four meetings the task…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Data Collection, Delphi Technique
Comparison of Youngsters' Use of CD-ROM and the Internet as Information Resources.
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Shenton, Andrew K.; Dixon, Pat – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Describes a study conducted in England that compared elementary and secondary school students' use of CD-ROMs and the Internet to meet their information needs. Reviews related research, considers information needs in conjunction with information seeking behavior, and reports results that discuss home access, student attitudes, and search…
Descriptors: CD ROMs, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Multimedia vs. Print Information Resources: Information Location and Use, Motivation, and Learning Patterns for Children and Adults.
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Small, Ruth V.; Ferreira, Sueli M. – 1994
In educational and training environments, teachers assign their students independent research tasks that require locating, gathering, synthesizing, and summarizing information from one or more information resources containing large, and sometimes overwhelming, amounts of information. This study explored the information location and use activities,…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Comparative Analysis, Educational Media, Educational Technology