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Information Skills Instruction

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Flexible Scheduling - Web Sites

• AASL Resource Guide for Flexible Scheduling
• Flexible Scheduling - Information and many links to other sites. This site is by the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University and Purdue University.
• Tracking the Transition to a Flexible Access Library Program in Two Library Power Elementary Schools - An article by Donna M. Shannon in School Library Media Research
• Flexible Access Library Media Program Bibliography - This bibliography contains both print and internet references. By Donna M. Shannon, August, 2002. Revised 2007.

Research and Instructional Models

• The Big Six Homepage
• Student Inquiry in the Research Process - A model for student research designed by Leslie B. Preddy, a school library media specialist. This site contains useful planning information for both media specialists and classroom teachers.
• The I-Search Model - Four step process for research.
• The Research Cycle - Plans for student research in the new technological age from Bellingham, WA public schools.
• Information Age Inquiry - Many instructional models are listed at this site by the School of Library and Information Science, University of Indiana Indianapolis.
• Tips and Techniques for Library Instruction - This site is aimed at the college librarian teaching undergraduates, but it has teaching tips that would be useful for teaching high school students or for doing in-services for adults. The site is by the University of Texas at Austin.

Assessment

• Assessing Information Problem-Solving Skills - Rubric developed by Jamieson McKensie and the school library media specialists of the Oak Harbor(WA) schools.
• How to Assess a Bibliography - by Debbie Abilock.
• Rubrics for Assessment - There are rubrics here for assessment of research projects. This site is by the University of Wisconsin.
• Assessment and Rubric Information - From Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators.
• Assessing Learning: the Missing Piece in Instruction - by Violet H. Harada and Joan Yoshina in School Library Activities Monthly, March, 2006.
• Trails - A multiple choice test for assessing high school students' information skills. By Kent State Libraries and Media Services.
• Sails - A test assessing the information literacy of college students. By Kent State University Libraries and Media Services.

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