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DatabaseTeaching Resources

DatabaseTeaching Resources. Lorraine Fulleman Anjuman Brar Kristen Stauch. Mission. The mission of the library program is to insure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished:

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DatabaseTeaching Resources

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  1. DatabaseTeaching Resources Lorraine Fulleman Anjuman Brar Kristen Stauch

  2. Mission • The mission of the library program is to insure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished: • by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats, • by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas, and • by collaborating with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.

  3. Background • Motivation behind the interdisciplinary approach to literacy in the Standards: • Extensive research establishes the need for college and career ready students to be proficient in reading complex informational text independently in a variety of content areas. • Student driven inquiry/research is key to learning

  4. Collaboration: What does it look like? Working together: • Planning Research – assignments should have at least 3 sources and 3 subtopics • Selecting supplemental resources for reading/analysis • Book talks • Purchase of materials: more e-resources and print

  5. Per the Common Core State Standards The standards identify what it means to be a literate person in the 21st century. • Students learn to closely and attentively read and analyze critical works of literature and an array of nonfiction text in an exploding print and digital world. • They use research and technology to sift through the staggering amount of information available and engage in collaborative conversations, sharing and reforming viewpoints through a variety of written and speaking applications.

  6. Lexile Gap • We need to help our students to become more advanced in their reading lexile levels. • According to the NAEP, there is a significant gap in high school graduates’ reading abilities with what’s needed in careers and college. • The difference is about 350 lexile points. That’s the same difference between what a 4th grader and an 8th grader’s lexile should be! • To meet Common Core Standards, grades 6-8 should read at a 995-1115 lexile level

  7. How to increase reading levels • Teachers demand rigorous and complex tasks for the work asked • Appropriate for their learning objectives • Scaffold the learning and reading skills needed • Students need to read and perform independently

  8. Graphic Organizers • Expository Reading – helps students to prepare to read, focus while reading, and reflect upon what was read • Encourages use of contents, index, and glossaries • Resource http://www.thinkport.org/technology/template.tp

  9. NAEP Data Distribution of Literary and Informational Passages by Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework

  10. Location, Location, Location Where to find print and electronic resources: Destiny One Search & Our Databases Demo

  11. Prevent Plagiarism • Over 60% of students copy their work! Per Josephson Institute of Ethics 2010 report • The more online tools college students were allowed to use to complete an assignment, the more likely they were to copy the work of others. Per a recent study by Jeffrey A. Roberts and David M. Wasieleski at Duquesne University

  12. Why do we care? • Plagiarism is against the law. In the work force, people have been fined or sued • Students don’t learn • We want to promote fairness and character • We want our future professionals to know their craft

  13. So what’s a Teacher to do? • Inform your students re: Academic Integrity Policy. Most follow rules, but need to know there is one. 18% less cheating with policy. • Restrict sources so teacher will recognize the print/electronic material • Check for mismatched font, style, and level of ability (assign in-class writing assignment as a gauge) • Look for outdated sources, British expressions • BUT… 75% of Web is not searchable – some pdf, e-mail, blogs, etc.

  14. Preventative Methods… • Instructional design is key! Create an interesting project that requires higher levels of thinking • Instruct students on citing sources and the importance of ethics. Free help with easybib.com, Gale Database, etc. • Require a proposal, thesis, outline, first draft, and final draft, forces students to show their work

  15. And Finally… As a staff, we want to help students to: • connect, • wonder, • investigate, • construct, • express, and • reflect as part of the inquiry process

  16. Questions?

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