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Information Literacy

Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines

Barry Maid, Arizona State University

This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the second decade of the 21st century.

The Information Literacy User's Guide: An Open, Online Textbook

Allison Hosier, University of Albany
Daryl Bullis, Babson College
Deborah Bernnard, University of Albany
Greg Bobish, University of Albany
Irina Holden, University of Albany
Jenna Hecker, University of Albany
Tor Loney, Albany Public Library
Trudi Jacobson, University of Albany

The Information Literacy User’s Guide introduces students to critical concepts of information literacy as defined for the information-infused and technology-rich environment in which they find themselves. This book helps students examine their roles as information creators and sharers and enables them to more effectively deploy related skills. This textbook includes relatable case studies and scenarios, many hands-on exercises, and interactive quizzes.

Working With Academic Literacies: Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice

Kathy Harrington, London Metropolitan University
Mary Lea, Open University
Sally Mitchell, Queen Mary University of London
Theresa Lillis, The Open University

The editors and contributors to this collection explore what it means to adopt an "academic literacies" approach in policy and pedagogy.

Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice

Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice introduces instructional strategies linked to the most current research-supported practices in the field of literacy. The book includes chapters related to scientifically-based literacy research, early literacy development, literacy assessment, digital age influences on children’s literature, literacy development in underserved student groups, secondary literacy instructional strategies, literacy and modern language, and critical discourse analysis.

Instruction in Functional Assessment

Marcie Desrochers, State University of New York
Moira Fallon, State University of New York

Instruction in Functional Assessment introduces learners to functional assessment (FA), which includes a variety of assessment approaches (indirect, observational, and experimental) for identifying the cause of an individual’s challenging behavior for the purpose of designing effective treatments.

Student Support

Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research

Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing, from formulating your research question to selecting good information and using it effectively in your research assignments.

Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis

Randall Fallows, University of California Los Angeles

The reason why Randall Fallows wrote Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis is simple: to help give students a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay.

How to Learn Like a Pro!

Phyllis Nissila, Lane Community College

How to Learn Like a Pro! features the “big six” effective learning/study skills topics: learning styles and preferences, time and materials management, critical thinking and reading, note-taking, memory principles, and test-taking techniques.

Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers

Michael A. Caulfield, Washington State University

Much web literacy either asks students to look at web pages and think about them, or teaches them to publish and produce things on the web. While both these activities are valuable, neither addresses a set of real problems students confront daily: evaluating the information that reaches them through their social media streams. For these daily tasks, student don’t need long lists of questions to think about while gazing at web documents. They need concrete strategies and tactics for tracing claims to sources and for analyzing the nature and reliability of those sources.

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