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From Pre-Defined Topics To Research Questions: An Inquiry-Based Approach To Knowledge, Michelle T. Allen, Benjamin M. Oberdick
From Pre-Defined Topics To Research Questions: An Inquiry-Based Approach To Knowledge, Michelle T. Allen, Benjamin M. Oberdick
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2010
In this interactive presentation, MSU librarians will replicate a library instruction session for first-year students. Audience members will participate in a Cephalonian Method icebreaker activity and use clickers to demonstrate the different ways both techniques can be used in the classroom.
Participants will view a short (3-4 min.) video, develop critical questions, and construct keywords to begin finding answers. Instruction librarians will show how the answers are the basis of their thesis statements. Next, audience members will be divided into groups and directed to find information on the Web, the route a first-year student would naturally take. Then, groups will …