Game/Gaming: How to Play Citation Bowl

A competitive-style classroom game designed to teach citation writin

Lesson Plan: Reading and Synthesizing Journal Articles

Lesson plan for journal article reading and synthesis activity. The table and slides noted in the lesson plan are included as separate, additional files

One Minute Assessments to Promote Responsive Library Instruction

Course-integrated library instruction (or one-shot instruction), can be very difficult to assess. Librarians are often not able to observe student learning over time. By introducing a short, summative assessment during the last minutes of an instruction session, librarians are able to garner information on what concepts students understand, and what concepts are still unclear. This data can be quickly analyzed and used to improve future sessions. These low-stakes, oneminute assessments require minimal effort from the students, but provide valuable information to librarians

Lesson Plan: Topic Brainstorm

Lesson plan for topic brainstorming. Topic Exploration assignment is included

Lesson Plan: Narrowing a Topic Brainstorm

Lesson plan for narrowing a topic. Activity is integrated into lesson plan

Lesson Plan: Characteristics of Effective Research Questions

Lesson plan about the characteristics of effective research questions. Activity (with materials) and assignment are included

Lesson Plan: Moving Beyond Scenarios

Lesson plan for moving from scenario to research question. Assignment is included

Lesson Plan: Peer Review Research Questions

Lesson plan for peer review of research questions. Handout and assignment are included

Handout: Source Sheet for Articles & Online Publications

Form used for gathering information for writing evaluative annotations of journal articles and online publications

Handout: Source Sheet for Books & Book Chapters

Form for gathering information needed to write an evaluative annotation of a book or book chapter