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McCutcheon, Randall – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1990
Describes a "scavenger hunt" approach to teaching research and critical thinking skills to high school and college students. Students are provided with lists of challenging questions, supporting materials (cartoons, quotations, odd facts and humorous excerpts), and clues for developing a research strategy. Examples of questions, clues…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedMoore, Gerald F. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A study, using a specific patient encounter as the focal point for each student's research, is described that documents the skills of entering freshmen medical students before and immediately after a short course emphasizing information retrieval and at follow-up one year later. (MLW)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Clinical Diagnosis, College Freshmen, Higher Education
