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Basic Social Studies Skills, James Hantula
Basic Social Studies Skills, James Hantula
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Twenty successfully field tested learning activities are designed to help junior high school students develop skills in reading social studies materials; critical thinking; geography; and history. Each self-contained activity includes background information; examples; and student exercises. Activities for improving content readings focus on key words; sexist words; social studies terms; important facts; and who; what; where; when; how; and why questions. To develop critical thinking skills; students complete exercises using flow charts; objective questions to ask for specific information; ratings; and sources of information concerning the achievements of significant persons. Activities to develop skills in interpreting maps and globes focus …
Library Skills And Resources For Business Research., Stanley P. Lyle, Donald L. Ashbaugh
Library Skills And Resources For Business Research., Stanley P. Lyle, Donald L. Ashbaugh
Faculty Publications
This independent study module is intended to introduce business administration students and managers to business information available in books; periodicals; and other library sources; and to teach library search strategies for the acquisition of needed information with a minimum expenditure of time. The module consists of six parts. The first three begin with specific objectives and end with exercises on locating books on business topics using (1) the card catalog; (2) indexes and abstracts; and (3) general business reference works. Exercises at the end of part three are intended to illustrate the types of questions such sources can answer and …