Guiding students into information literacy strategies for teachers and teacher-librarians /

• Main Author: Carlson, Chris, 1948-
• Other Authors: Brosnahan, Ellen, 1949-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, ©2009.
• Subjects: Information literacy > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States.; Research > Methodology > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States.; Report writing > Study and teaching (Middle school) > United States.; Library orientation for middle school students > United States.; School librarian participation in curriculum planning.; LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.; Electronic books.
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Teachers often assume students know how to do research. However, most students lack important information literacy skills and often need guidance in order to be successful researchers. Sometimes the research projects students are assigned are not well devised or planned, and teachers often underesti...

Table of Contents:

• Why do we have to do this?
• There's no stuff in this library
• Why can't I research UFO's?
• This sounds hard!
• I don't know where to start!
• I'm not a good researcher
• I'll get it done the night before it's due
• Where's that green book I used yesterday?
• It's not supposed to be interesting, it's a report
• I'll just copy it off the Internet
• Not another boring report!
• When will I ever use this stuff?