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Laboratory Logistics: Strategies for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into Science Laboratory Classes.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2013
Active learning is a hallmark of the traditional science laboratory class, making it a natural place for librarians to integrate active information literacy instruction.
Kathleen Gregory
doaj   +1 more source

Information Literacy Instruction in an English Capstone Course: A Study of Student Confidence, Perception, and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An English professor and an instruction librarian at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester felt that the college\u27s new English Capstone course for majors provided a unique opportunity to assess the information literacy skill levels of ...
Gamtso, Carolyn B., Paterson, Susanne F.
core   +2 more sources

“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

TEACHING IN THE MARGINS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper describes systemic problems in the traditional model of information literacy instruction in higher education and proposes a new model. Librarians must teach students not only information retrieval skills but also a conceptual framework for ...
Quarton, Barbara A.
core  

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Western Kentucky University Libraries, Preparing Information Literate Students at WKU: Report of the Task Force on Universal Information Literacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Purpose: The Task Force on Universal Information Literacy was formed in the fall of 2010 and charged with reviewing the advisability and viability of providing information literacy instruction to every student at ...
Carson, Bryan, Chair   +6 more
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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Putting Critical Information Literacy into Context: How and Why Librarians Adopt Critical Practices in their Teaching

open access: yesIn the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2016
In Brief Critical information literacy asks librarians to work with their patrons and communities to co-investigate the political, social, and economic dimensions of information, including its creation, access, and use.
Eamon Tewell
doaj   +1 more source

Instruction: Teaching or Marketing?

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2005
Presents views on library instruction. Scope of teaching; Comparison between the goals of marketing and library instruction; Reason information literacy instruction is considered a form of marketing.
Susan B. Ardis
doaj   +1 more source

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