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Fact Or Fiction: Comparing Byu Library's Decision Based Learning And Ysearch Source Evaluation Modules, Ana Katz
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Current First Year Writing research seeks to address the need to help students meet the Council of Writing Program Administrators objectives on source evaluation while also changing current pedagogy methods (Meola, 2004; Ostenson 2014; SHEG, 2016; Wineburg & McGrew, 2017). This paper seeks to compare two different source evaluation pedagogies, YSearch and Decision Based Learning, taught by Brigham Young University’s library to determine which module is more effective at teaching students source evaluation skills. To answer these questions, this study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods utilizing a quasi-experimental design by conducting an open comparison between the two pedagogy modules.
Research In Information Technology: Analysis Of Existing Graduate Research, Christopher John Cole
Research In Information Technology: Analysis Of Existing Graduate Research, Christopher John Cole
Theses and Dissertations
Information Technology is an academic discipline that is well recognized by the academic community. There is an increasing number of schools offering degrees in Information Technology and has there is an official curriculum published with the ACM/IEEE computing Curriculum. A concern with Information Technology as an academic discipline is that it does not have a clearly defined set of research issues which are not studied by any other discipline. One way to propose this set of issues is to perform a “bottom-up” analysis and gather research in IT that has already been published. This research can then be analyzed for …
A Study Of Lds Seminary Libraries, F. Burton Winters
A Study Of Lds Seminary Libraries, F. Burton Winters
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This paper is devoted to an examination of seminary libraries. The study has a threefold purpose:
1. To determine some basic professional standards for seminary libraries.
2. To make a study among seminary faculties and students to determine library size, operation method, and use.
3. To draw conclusions and make recommendations that may be helpful to seminaries in maintaining adequate libraries.