Teaching Information Literacy: 50 Standards-Based Exercises for College Students

by Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. Macdonald, Andree J. Rathemacher

From high schools and colleges to technical and graduate schools, research involves making sense of learning the basics of planning, winnowing, and evaluating the quality of sources. As information proliferates, it's tempting to use the handiest tool rather than working to identify the best one. But there's a better way! Updated for today's ever-expanding world of electronic information, Teaching Information 50 Standards-Based Exercises for College Students, Second Edition is the best single resource for fundamental information literacy instruction. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, the 50 standards-based exercises in this book * Address one or more of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education * Promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problem-based learning, and resource-based learning * Are ready for use by reference and instruction librarians at colleges and community colleges, as well as others responsible for teaching students how to conduct researchPerfect for a full semester course or a single focused seminar or workshop, these 50 lessons show how to engage with electronic and print information resources alike.

Genres: Nonfiction, Professional Development, Teaching, Library Science

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Jade Geary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ideas!

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great ideas in this book, but the majority of the exercises are geared toward classes with a heavy information literacy focus, if not entirely devoted to information literacy. Some of the exercises can be adapted to one-shot instruction sessions, but not all.

The biggest criticism I have for the book is the layout of the exercises. The exercises are not well demarcated from the rest of the text and the side bars for a particular exercise might be on the following page or two after the exercise is initially introduced.

But overall, an excellent book and I've already incorporated some exercises into my instruction sessions.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of exercises that can be fit to certain subjects. Would love to teach an entire course built around the scaffolding of this book, but will more than likely have to modify content for one-shot sessions. Walks students through the research process from beginning to end and offers helpful suggestions for helping them to understand why they are asked to follow certain steps or standards. Book would also be helpful in a high school setting, perhaps in an English course.

[Bruce Martin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few activities useful, but frankly the whole book felt as if it were written for students who had no experience with into lit. I teach lower-SES, minority first-time-in-college students and they would have been bored with most of these activities and discussions.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the ideas in this book would be hard to implement unless you were teaching a semester long research class. There are some helpful worksheets that would work for a 1x session.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing radical here, but lots of food for thought and decent, practical advice, activities and exercises. Somethings are still out of date, even in this 2nd edition. I'm glad I read it, though.

[📚Linda Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book to be very practical when creating and evaluating information literacy activities.

[Mills College Library]

028.70711 B9597 2010