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McNiff, Lindsay; Hays, Lauren – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2020
Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students represent a population for whom literature searching is a core practice and a learning outcome for an entry-level course on information searching. How LIS students learn to find information, though, is not completely clear. Many studies have explored undergraduate searching behavior, but…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Library Education, Information Science Education, Information Seeking
Hohmann, Julie W.; Grillo, Michael C. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2014
The purpose of this study was to develop a way to measure students' abilities to think critically about concepts covered during academic support sessions. Tutors trained in a College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)-certified program at the University of Louisville used a rubric based on the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model in order to…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Scoring Rubrics, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies
Corbett, Patrick – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
This article presents a consideration of how students' existing information-seeking behaviors affect traditional methods of teaching library research in first-year writing courses and offers an alternative method that uses both library and popular Internet search tools. It addresses one aspect of the ongoing pedagogical struggle with new…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Library Research, Familiarity, Search Engines
Pappas, Marjorie L. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1995
Discusses analytical searching, a process that enables searchers of electronic resources to develop a planned strategy by combining words or phrases with Boolean operators. Defines simple and complex searching, and describes search strategies developed with Boolean logic and truncation. Provides guidelines for teaching students analytical…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Bhavnani, Suresh; Drabenstott, Karen; Radev, Dragomir – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Describes research that consists of: development of a taxonomy of development of: IR tasks based on real users, a taxonomy of IR strategies that are general across different IR systems, a descriptive model of expert performance, a prescriptive model of effective performance, and design and evaluation of a pedagogical approach to teach the…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Systems

Walther, James H.; Speisser, Nancy – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1997
Presents a model for medical reference source instruction. Focuses on identifying the potential audiences; conducting user and information assessments; creating and delivering models of training; and future goals. Includes a list of Internet healthcare sites. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Internet

Howe, Eleanor B. – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Describes the design of a short course on electronic searching for high school students. Identifies seven steps for students to apply to an electronic search. Discusses planning the approach to instruction (a syllabus and workbook, goals, educational objectives, and evaluative criteria). Presents a 10-day schedule that organizes the seven steps…
Descriptors: High School Students, Information Literacy, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Keyser, Marcia W. – 1998
The benefits of cooperative and/or active learning techniques for academic library instruction have been well established in the literature of the field. However, learning about and finding appropriate techniques can be a time-consuming and frustrating task. The following is a listing of cooperative learning and active learning techniques…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research
Moghdam, Dineh – 1974
This study was undertaken to test the effectiveness of a computer-assisted tutorial (CAI) program in teaching the novice and transient user the procedures for conducting a search on The New York Times Information Bank. A two-part experiment was designed to compare the relative effectiveness of the CAI program and the printed instructions…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Individual Instruction
Turner, Pat; Hendrix, Beasey – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Describes a social studies project cooperatively planned and taught by the library media specialist and a classroom teacher at the Cartersville Middle School in Cartersville, Georgia. The project teaches seventh graders to use traditional research skills as well as technological computer-based research skills to identify, locate, select,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Grade 7, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking

Land, Susan M.; Greene, Barbara A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2000
Describes a study of preservice teacher education students that investigated the process used by learners to seek, locate, and integrate information resources from the World Wide Web for use in a project-based environment. Discusses hypermedia systems; open-ended learning environments; the role of metacognitive, domain, and system knowledge; and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval

Leckie, Gloria J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Faculty often overestimate the scholarly communication experiences, critical-thinking abilities, and information-seeking skills of the undergraduates to whom they assign papers. A stratified methodology is suggested for teaching information retrieval skills in the classroom. A strong curriculum-integrated approach could ease the burden on students…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers