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Advocating For Green With Video Presence, Anne Merkle Msl, Linda Masselink
Advocating For Green With Video Presence, Anne Merkle Msl, Linda Masselink
Linda Masselink
No abstract provided.
Advocating For Green With Video Presence, Anne Merkle Msl, Linda Masselink
Advocating For Green With Video Presence, Anne Merkle Msl, Linda Masselink
Anne Merkle MSL
No abstract provided.
Enhancing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ 21st Century Information And Media Literacy Skills, Sara Fry, Sara Seely
Enhancing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ 21st Century Information And Media Literacy Skills, Sara Fry, Sara Seely
Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
This two-semester pedagogical study investigated the effectiveness of an approach to information and media literacy instruction for elementary preservice teachers. Participants were trained in and then used a systematic process of searching for, evaluating, and using journal articles and websites. Two-thirds of the Semester one participants were unsuccessful identifying relevant, high-quality journal articles and ½ inaccurately evaluated the quality of websites. After three opportunities for formative assessment were added to the instruction model in Semester two, participants proficiently evaluated websites and ¾ were able to find relevant journal articles. The results demonstrate the importance of formative assessment and the need …