A Two-Year Study of the Effect of Course-Based Library Instruction
on the Acquisition of Research Skills and the Development of Lifelong
Learning Habits in the University
Principal Investigators: Cyraina Johnson-Rouillier, Department
of English and Linda Sharp, Hesburgh Library
Contacts: Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, Cyraina.E.Johnson-Roullier.2@nd.edu and
Linda A. Sharp, Linda.A.Sharp.1@nd.edu
This two-year study will investigate the extent to which course-based
library instruction in the teaching of literature, specifically,
a course entitled "Caribbean Voices" can help students
to acquire basic research skills, and whether or not this can also
encourage them to develop the habit of lifelong learning. The
data collected in the first year will be used to revise the course
for the second year, so that through comparison, more accurate
determinations about the efficacy of teaching practice in the course
and the overall usefulness of course-based library instruction
may be made. The primary instrument for data collection is
a survey that will question students about their research experiences,
and their perceptions of research and of the library at important
moments during the class. In order to measure student acquisition
of basic research skills, the investigators also intend to examine
student work throughout the semester in order to see whether or
not they master the skills the library modules in the class are
designed to teach. A scoring rubric will be developed for
this purpose. Investigators will administer approximately
six surveys throughout the semester, and these will be interspersed
evenly throughout that time.
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