information literacy

Explains how library media specialists can use the Handy 5 model to plan, implement, and assess information skills instruction, and provides sample unit plans and forms.

Introduces a five-step model for planning information skills learning activities and evaluating student work, covering the framework's theoretical background, related research, and implementation and providing lesson plans for prekindergarten through twelfth grade and a CD-ROM containing teacher and student handbooks, a collaborative planning template, and other tools.

Offers librarians practical strategies to help them implement the ACRL's standards for information literacy and use those standards to improve students' ability to master information literacy skills.

Explains how teachers and library media specialists can work together to build library collections that complement curriculum and incorporate standards.

Presents several lessons and activities designed to teach fourth through sixth graders how to evaluate the reliability of Internet sources.

Presents more than one hundred library lesson plans, arranged by grade level from kindergarten through fifth grade, which are based on the AASL/AECT information literacy standards and cover various learning styles.

This book is a narrative guide to conducting research at the library, complete with an overview of methodologies, tips for finding materials in databases and on the shelves, and helpful resources.

A three volume set featuring the book "The Strangest Dinosaur That Never Was" designed to teach primary school children the importance of Web site evaluation.

Offers school principals practical advice and strategies to help them develop an effective library media program, with an overview of the best library media practices and strategies for dealing with challenges.

Presents a comprehensive guide for media specialists and other educators that provides information on literacy and testing skills within the classroom.