Teaching Reference Skills: Does it really Matter?
The article discusses the results of a study at the core of which is the question of whether teaching reference skills really matters – i.e. how useful it is to train students to work with dictionaries.
Monika Kavalir
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A Review of: Chan, E. K. (2014). Analyzing recorded transactions to extrapolate the required knowledge, skills, and abilities of reference desk providers at an urban, academic/public library. Journal of Library Administration, 54(1), 23-32. doi:10.1080/
Lisa Shen
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Reconstructing climate trends adds skills to seasonal reference crop evapotranspiration forecasting [PDF]
Evapotranspiration plays an important role in the terrestrial water cycle. Reference crop evapotranspiration (ETo) has been widely used to estimate water transfer from vegetation surface to the atmosphere.
Q. Yang +5 more
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The use of reference legal systems in the educational activity of lawyers
The relevance of the research topic is characterized by a high level of informatization in the professional activities of lawyers and the need to develop practical skills in using reference legal systems of students in the educational process.The ...
Natalya Mikhailovna Suetina
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Reference Skills or Human-Centered Design: Towards a New Lexicographical Culture
This paper deals with the design of digital lexicographical products. It introduces the philosophy of human-centered design, as explained in the work of Don Norman, and discusses central design concepts like affordances, signifiers, feedback, and ...
Sven Tarp, Rufus Gouws
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Bridge to the Future: A Career Exploration Frame of Reference for Students with Disabilities
Exploring and facilitating the transition process from school to employment for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), especially those still in the school system, has now become an important concern for researchers ...
Chia-Yang Chiang, Tsu-Hsin Howe
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Soft employability skills obtained from a nongovernmental organisation’s labour market intervention
Orientation: Employability development is needed to alleviate poverty in South Africa. This study sought to examine employability development, with specific reference to soft employability skills within a low-income community in Gauteng province of South
Cecile M. Schultz
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Analysis of Students’ Collaboration Skills through Project-Based Learning Model
Student collaboration can be trained by implementing a project-based learning (PjBL) model because this model has great potential to produce a meaningful learning for students and can be a provision for them to face the future when they enter the world ...
Jeliana Veronika Sirait, Erlida Amnie
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A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries) [PDF]
Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the status of knowledge and skills in the use of references services based on the views' Kovacks (critical thinking, analysis questions, interviewing, organizing information, Find reference resources, and ...
Ahmad Shabani +2 more
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Mapping and cartography futures in secondary geography [PDF]
In an era of change such as that induced by the NCEA, questions about the role and relevance of traditional skills tend to be overlooked. In my opinion, an important component in our `bank of skills' Ministry of Education, 1990, 17; New Zealand ...
Chalmers, Lex
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