Teaching Research Processes

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Current initiatives in research processes

Abstract:

The early visions of an information-literate society have been followed by a number of sets of standards, which state goals and present criteria for measuring outcomes. Yet the primary means for research processes instruction in the academic world remains the single session which focuses more on library instruction than research ability and which falsely assumes that the ability gap in our students requires only a remedial remedy. Other methods, though more rare, include credit courses and programs of instruction through the curriculum. Ultimately, all such methods are inadequate – the one-shot because remedial instruction is not enough, the credit course because it is rare and offers only ...