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Main Author: Oberman-Soroka, Cerise
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED229013
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contents Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bibliographic Instruction. Oberman-Soroka, Cerise Abstract Reasoning Assignments Comparative Analysis Higher Education Information Retrieval Library Instruction Library Materials Library Skills Logical Thinking Problem Sets Problem Solving Research Skills Research Tools Search Strategies Student Research Undergraduate Students This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated reasoning skills. Three components of the course designed to incorporate these skills are described, including: (1) analysis of a research problem; (2) linkage or determining the interrelationships between reference tools and the materials they locate; and (3) evaluation of sources. The teaching techniques used to develop reasoning skills are also discussed--specifically, the adaptation of bibliographic instruction to the learning cycle, and the utilization of a guided design technique which gives students an open-ended problem and takes them through a series of problem-solving steps paralleling the decision making process. The use of this bibliographic instruction course in a Freshman Abstract Reasoning (FAR) program at the College of Charleston and also with non-FAR students is described. Finally the paper presents sample course exercises which teach question analysis, problem identification, source identification, and source evaluation. A 15-item bibliography is provided. (ESR)
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spellingShingle Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bibliographic Instruction.
Oberman-Soroka, Cerise
Abstract Reasoning
Assignments
Comparative Analysis
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Library Instruction
Library Materials
Library Skills
Logical Thinking
Problem Sets
Problem Solving
Research Skills
Research Tools
Search Strategies
Student Research
Undergraduate Students
Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bibliographic Instruction. Oberman-Soroka, Cerise Abstract Reasoning Assignments Comparative Analysis Higher Education Information Retrieval Library Instruction Library Materials Library Skills Logical Thinking Problem Sets Problem Solving Research Skills Research Tools Search Strategies Student Research Undergraduate Students This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated reasoning skills. Three components of the course designed to incorporate these skills are described, including: (1) analysis of a research problem; (2) linkage or determining the interrelationships between reference tools and the materials they locate; and (3) evaluation of sources. The teaching techniques used to develop reasoning skills are also discussed--specifically, the adaptation of bibliographic instruction to the learning cycle, and the utilization of a guided design technique which gives students an open-ended problem and takes them through a series of problem-solving steps paralleling the decision making process. The use of this bibliographic instruction course in a Freshman Abstract Reasoning (FAR) program at the College of Charleston and also with non-FAR students is described. Finally the paper presents sample course exercises which teach question analysis, problem identification, source identification, and source evaluation. A 15-item bibliography is provided. (ESR)
title Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bibliographic Instruction.
topic Abstract Reasoning
Assignments
Comparative Analysis
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Library Instruction
Library Materials
Library Skills
Logical Thinking
Problem Sets
Problem Solving
Research Skills
Research Tools
Search Strategies
Student Research
Undergraduate Students
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED229013