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Download full textArnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V.; Weng, Shicheng – School Library Research, 2016
Several instruments previously validated for use in school library research were tested for their appropriateness in the context of public libraries' summer reading programs for youth. The researchers were also interested in whether the connection between perceived competence in one's own information skills and perceived competence in one's own…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, School Libraries, Public Libraries
Direct linkSmall, Ruth V.; Kasowitz-Scheer, Abby – Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2007
This is a collaborative column by K-12 library media specialists and academic librarians who write about the motivational strategies that have worked for them in teaching IL skills. Students who do not raise their hand to answer a question and are reluctant to learn something new often suffer from something called "fear of failure." They…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Motivation Techniques, School Libraries, Media Specialists
Small, Ruth V. – SLMQ Online: School Library Media Quarterly Online, 1998
Describes some well-known theories and concepts of student motivation and how they relate to library and information skills instruction. Illustrations of the integration and application of motivation models to library and information skills instruction are given, and some relevant areas for future research on motivation in this context are…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Information Skills, Instructional Design, Library Instruction
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1999
Describes a set of evaluation tools that help elementary, middle, and high school students evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Web sites and may also be used to guide the design of new Web sites. Discusses motivation and includes ideas for incorporating Web evaluation into information skills instruction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – 2000
Taking into consideration the motivational needs of different students, the book discusses both internal and external motivators such as attaining a sense of achievement or leadership versus earning a physical reward such as candy or a field trip. These and other motivating factors are then incorporated into discussions of how to create productive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills
Peer reviewedSmall, Ruth V. – School Library Media Research, 1999
Examines motivational strategies used by library media specialists (LMSs) in library and information skills instruction, and the resulting on- and off-task behaviors of students. Results indicate that LMSs use mostly attention-focusing strategies, middle school LMSs utilize more strategies than elementary LMSs, and extrinsic motivators are more…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – 1999
The evaluation of World Wide Web resources has become a critical information skill for students. Because of the uniqueness of these resources, new tools are required that assess not only the content validity and mechanical functionality of a Web site, but also its motivational quality. This paper describes the development and validation of a set…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMoyer, Susan L.; Small, Ruth V. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Discusses the need to motivate students to make information literacy programs successful and demonstrates how a middle school library media specialist used Small and Arnone's Motivation Overlay for Information Skills Instruction to build a set of customized toolkits to improve student research that includes the Big6[TM] approach to library and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Skills, Learning Resources Centers, Media Specialists
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – 2001
In the past 15 years, a number of information literacy models have been developed to describe the skills needed to successfully conduct research and solve information problems. All of these models are useful and share a common framework that the authors have synthesized into eight major categories of information skills, each with a set of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Instructional Innovation
Arnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V. – 2001
At no time in history has the ability to locate, organize, evaluate, manage and use information, skills collectively referred to as information literacy, been more important to today's learners. Classroom and technology teachers and library media specialists are challenged to find effective, innovative techniques for teaching research and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education
Arnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V. – 1999
Designed for elementary or middle school teachers and library media specialists, this book provides educators with practical, easy-to-use ways of applying motivation assessment techniques when selecting World Wide Web sites for inclusion in their lessons and offers concrete examples of how to use Web evaluation with young learners. WebMAC…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Literacy
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – 1999
Intended for use by middle or high school teachers and library media specialists, this book describes a World Wide Web evaluation tool developed specifically for use by high school students and designed to provide hands-on experience in critically evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of Web sites. The book uses a workbook format and is…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Information Literacy
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
