LIBR 285 Research Journal entry three – getting unstuck
So last night and this morning I spent time generating a list of terms to use in my search for my paper on Youth and Information Literacy Instruction. Here are the terms I used: information literacy...
View ArticleLIBR 285 Research Journal entry four- I just cannot get my mind around what...
Ok, I am just going to admit it- I am quantitative person. My Myers-Briggs personality type is ENTJ and I think I do best when I see hard evidence. With a background in Chemistry, I am having a hard...
View ArticleLIBR 285 Research Journal entry six-TRAILS
Tools for Real Time Assessment Information Literacy Skills In reading evidence based practices for teaching information literacy in schools, I ran across this website. It has a great FREE online...
View ArticleResearch Journal LIBR 285 entry seven- Informed consent
As I complete the IRB training I keep thinking of Henrietta Lacks. I have taught students about HeLa cells for years. Her story is a complex one of missing informed consent. The biggest fault of the...
View ArticleResearch journal LIBR 285 entry eight – Likert Scales
I had never heard the term Likert-type scale before this class. Most surveys we take are based on a Likert-type scale. A basic Likert-type scale is a set of numbers from one to ten or one to five and...
View ArticleResearch Journal LIBR 285- entry nine Action Research
I am in love with Action Research! After reading the two studies by Carol Gordon and going to a presentation on Action Research at the EARCOS teachers conference, I am hooked. I want to use the rest of...
View ArticleResearch Journal 285 entry ten – Ballard,March and Sand (2009)
This paper is the summation of an Action Research and Evidence Based Practice library project in one New Hampshire school district. Surveys on information literacy were given to high school students...
View ArticleResearch Journal 285 entry eleven- doing Trails
Today, I created an account at TRAILS. I want to see if I can use this as an assessment tool for information literacy with middle school students here in China. My research plan for my thesis is to...
View ArticleResearch Journal 285 entry twelve- Triangulation
I have always been a fan of numbers but in this class I have seen how useful qualitative research can be especially with children. I think young children may not be good at expressing themselves with...
View ArticleResearch Journal 285 entry thirteen – CISSL study phase 1
The New Jersey Study of School Libraries: One Common Goal – Student Learning In my never ending search for research about information literacy and libraries I stumbled across this study last week. The...
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