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Resources
for teaching and learning -
Information literacy and critical thinking
Center
for Critical Thinking
The web page for colleges and universities includes "Resources",
with a sample course, syllabus, and assignments; "Library", has background
information and theory of critical thinking.
Gullikson,
Shelley. Ideas
for Assignments to Build Research Skills (in PDF format).
A list of ideas for assignments to introduce students to
research skills a few at a time. They are meant to be alternatives to
the research paper, which can overwhelm early-year students and lead to
poor research skill development. (This was a handout at the January 31,
2003 session of Fridays@4:30, presented at the Purdy Crawford Teaching
Centre.)
Information
Literacy, Mount Allison University Libraries
Links to information literacy guidelines, standards and
objectives, tips for teaching, and examples of Mount Allison course assignments
which include an information literacy component.
Laverty,
Cory. Critical
Thinking & Information Use., Stauffer Library, Queen's University.
June 24, 1998.
Lists strategies for developing critical thinking skills
with information-related assignments.
Laverty,
Cory. Designing
Library Assignments., Stauffer Library, Queen's University. June 24,
1998.
Provides tips for assignments based on library research
in general and for web-based assignments in particular.
Sexty,
Suzanne. Ideas
for Library/Information Assignments., QEII Library, Memorial University
of Newfoundland, March 28, 2000.
Created for MUN faculty, this site lists ideas for designing
assignments where learning research skills, using access tools, understanding
the structure of the literature in a field, critical reading, or using
the web are the primary teaching objective
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