Teaching and Testing Information Literacy Skills - Softcover

Smith, Jane Bandy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586830783 ISBN 13: 9781586830786

Publisher: Linworth, 2005

Synopsis

Regardless of what educators maintain, the general public believes test scores accurately reflect student performance and school success. This situation places enormous pressure on schools to improve, but it also offers opportunities for library media specialists to help students learn valuable information literacy skills that in turn will improve test scores. By joining forces with educators, media specialists can demonstrate how information literacy skills strengthen student performance as well as instruct teachers on teaching and testing information skills within the context of classroom content. Teaching and Testing Information Literacy Skills will help library media specialists educate teachers on information literacy skills and increase collaboration for effective test-taking preparation.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Bandy Smith is an Educator from Tuscaloosa, AL.

Reviews

Smith does a fine job of comparing and contrasting various schools of thought and of providing matrixes, examples, and plans. She reviews the rise and acceptance of information literacy, traces a continuum from older ideas of isolated library skills to this more inclusive life skill, and presents a frame for curriculum development with five pages of excellent instructional objectives by category and grade level. One chapter addresses curriculum implementation; others offer a terrific overview of effective teaching and testing techniques. Helpful unit- and lesson-planning designs are included. In the last chapter, two school librarians talk about their experiences with in-depth units using this design. Most chapters end with useful checklists for implementation as well as extensive endnotes and references. This powerful book will illuminate the inexperienced and reinvigorate veteran school librarians.–Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Linworth
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586830783
• ISBN 13: 9781586830786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160