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Creating Research Assignments that Nurture Student-Centered Learning Henri Mondschein ISS/Pearson Library Kapp Johnson Religion/School of Management Mary Jo Shane School of Management
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Creating Research Assignments that Nurture Student-Centered Learning
Henri MondscheinISS/Pearson Library
Kapp JohnsonReligion/School of Management
Mary Jo ShaneSchool of Management
Objective…How can we create research assignments that foster student-centered learning and:
•Are relevant to students’ interests?
•Promote use of Library tools & resources?
•Encourage critical thinking, self-directed learning, team collaboration?
•Embraces students’ backgrounds & learning styles?
The Challenge…
• What difficulties do students encounter when conducting research for school or personal needs?
• The Project Information Literacy (PIL) 2010 Student Survey
Icebreaker
“What are the key challenges you have encountered in creating research assignments in your courses?”
CLU Student Learning Outcomes
Carefully designed research assignments address CLU SLOs:Creative and critical thinking.Information literacy.Interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Goal of Research Assignments• Define an individual
research topic• Use library tools • Develop research skills• Cultivate critical thinking,
evaluation skills• Learn attribution, citing
sources • Sharpen workplace skills • Sample Assignment
Challenges • Students lack knowledge of
using search tools/keywords to find sources directly related to research topics.
• Research or sources vaguely relate to the research topic or argument.
• Undergraduates and graduate students (International students in particular) have difficulty building arguments using research.
• How do we nurture these skills?
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Undergraduate Examples
• Assignment.• Problems/issues.• Solutions.
Graduate Examples
• Assignment.
• Problems/issues.
• Solutions.
Image from: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/internationalstudents
Incorporate Library Tools to Hone Research Skills
• Weave WorldCat Local (e.g. the “catalog”) into your assignment.
• WCL enables students to share lists of their research sources.
• Database platforms such as Ebscohost provide collaboration tools--shared folders.
Questions? Comments? Best Practices?
