Dr. Michael Groher (Communicative Disorders) and
Melissa Cardenas-Dow (Behavioral Sciences Librarian) discussed the learning
goals of CDIS 310: Junior Seminar, a course which orients students toward
research practice that will support clinical practice through:
- learning to critically read research literature
- practicing research summaries
- and critical analysis of research
Two library
workshops attached to this methodology course enable students to begin to
acquire the language of their discipline and of the research databases in their
field.
Dr. Scott Randolph (Business Administration) and Janelle
Julagay (Business Librarian) described their development of and the
outcomes of a semester-long research lab on which they have collaborated and
co-taught for Randolph's BUS 226: The Rise of American Capitalism course.
Over the past two years their collaboration has grown from two library
workshops during the BUS 226 lab to a weekly collaboration for the entire
semester. Students are introduced to the practices of historical research, from
deciphering and following footnotes to producing bibliographies to learning to
ask questions of primary sources. In the process students also learn to
recognize librarians as co-teachers in the shared education mission of the
university.
Finally, Gabriela Sonntag, Library Director, walked
us through a literature review activity that provides an active learning
opportunity for students to understand the purpose of literature reviews; how
to read an abstract to quickly determine methodology, hypotheses, results, and
gaps in the research; as well as learn to effectively read database
records.
Look for the products (sample assignments, activity
prompts, worksheets) of this showcase in a soon to-be-announced Information
Literacy Repository.
We'll see you at next year's showcase!
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