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Watkins, Katrine – School Library Journal, 2008
Teens are impatient and unsophisticated online researchers who are often limited by their poor reading skills. Because they are attracted to clean and simple Web interfaces, they often turn to Google--and now Wikipedia--to help meet their research needs. The Google Game, co-authored by this author, teaches kids that there is a well-thought-out…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Schools, Search Strategies, Grade 9
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1988
This project designed to teach library and thinking skills to grade 7 students emphasized the importance of metacognition. Students were asked to choose a research topic and to prepare and evaluate daily research strategies. Allotment of time for planning and reflecting on strategies was considered crucial to the project. (MES)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instructional Design, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Ala, Judy; Cerabona, Kathy – School Library Journal, 1992
Discusses the importance of Boolean searching as a skill that students will need in the future. Methods for teaching Boolean searching are described, and the value of truncation as an online searching aid is considered. (MES)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation, Library Instruction
Rankin, Virginia – School Library Journal, 1992
Describes a method for teaching junior high school students doing library research a presearch process that helps them to relate research to prior knowledge of a topic and to develop questions about it. Criteria for judging students' presearches are included. (MES)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools