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Carey, James O. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Reviews the Big6 information problem-solving model. Highlights include benefits and dangers of the simplicity of the model; theories of instruction; testing of the model; the model as a process for completing research projects; and advice for school library media specialists considering use of the model. (LRW)
Descriptors: Information Skills, Learning Resources Centers, Library Skills, Media Specialists
Peer reviewedSchroeder, Eileen E.; Zarinnia, E. Anne – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Illustrates how problem-based learning can be a context for developing information problem-solving skills, from defining an information need to evaluating information to articulating ideas through argumentation. It supports critical thinking, teaching for understanding, and development of student information literacy skills. (AEF)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Thompson, Verna; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Provides three activities that help develop library skills for elementary school students. One describes a riddle card game that reviews research book terms; one explains a book report activity; and one focuses on cooperative problem-solving activities to find titles by favorite authors. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Explains the components of a library and information skills curriculum and integrated instructional model that was developed to help students solve information problems. The six steps include (1) task definition, (2) information seeking strategies, (3) location and access, (4) use of information, (5) synthesis, and (6) evaluation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Information Seeking
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses how to help students apply thinking skills to library research and provides examples of techniques for teaching comparing and contrasting, sequencing, classifying, cause and effect, problem solving, and decision making. Examples were effective with middle schoolers but could also be adapted for high school or older elementary school…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Sine, Lynn – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Offers suggestions for teaching information skills to kindergarten through second-grade students. Highlights include book titles to use as discussion lead-ins; library group activities; the use of technology, including computer software and electronic mail; and problem-solving skills. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Electronic Mail
Download full textWisconsin Educational Media Association, Madison. – 1993
Key elements of information literacy are identified, and a rationale is presented for the integration of information literacy in all aspects of the kindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary curricula. Many aspects of the school restructuring movement and library media programs relate directly to information literacy and its impact on student…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Keenan, Nancy; And Others – 1994
This document presents a model curriculum for library media skills programs. The first and second sections provide a library and information skills mission statement and an introduction. The collaborative planning process is covered in the third section, including a description of collaborative planning, assessing the process and a collaborative…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Guides
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier – 1987
This review of the research literature describes and discusses functional/information literacy in the age of computers and the resulting "information explosion," together with means by which students can become competent information users in the future and be enabled to lead productive, meaningful lives. Defined as comprising library…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
