Presents techniques and supporting materials to assist high school students in research, includes detailed project lessons, student handouts, and assessment tools.
Offers advice to teachers on how to supervise and develop a good working relationship with teaching assistants, explaining how to assign responsibilities, improve communications, monitor work quality, provide training, and create a feedback loop.
Provides guidance for building collaborations between library media specialists and teachers in teaching and curriculum planning, and includes models of inquiry-based learning projects for elementary, middle, and high school.
Presents unit plans for school projects that encourage collaboration between teachers and media specialists, all of which have won the Gale/"Library Media Connection" TEAMS Award for their positive impact on student learning and achievement.