Designing a writing intensive course with information literacy and critical thinking learning outcomes

Reference Services Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-457

  Armstrong, Jeanne ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Information literacy; Redesign; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956148980     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321011070928     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Albitz, R.S. (2007), "The what and who of information literacy and critical thinking in higher education" in Portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 97-109.
2. American Cultural Studies Program (2007), American Cultural Studies Student Learning Outcomes, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, available at: www.wwu.edu/acs/about.shtml (accessed 7 August 2008).
3. Anthropology and Sociology Section ACRL (2008), Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students, available at: www.asanet.org/galleries/pubinfo/ALA%20Information%20Literacy%20Standards.pdf (accessed 29 March 2010).
4. Armstrong, J. (2008), American Cultural Studies 499 Syllabus 2008, available at: www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjects/amculturalstudies/amst_499.htm (accessed 29 March 2010).
5. Ballenger, B. (2007), Curious Researcher, Longman, New York, NY.
6. Booth, W.C., Colomb, G.G. and Williams, J.M. (2008), The Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
7. De Rosa, C., Cantrell, J., Cellentani, D., Hawk, J., Jenkins, L. and Wilson, A. (2005), "Perceptions of libraries and information resources", OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, OH.
8. Elmborg, J.K. (2003), "Information literacy and writing across the curriculum: sharing the vision" in Reference Services Review, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 68-80.
9. Fiegen, A.M., Cherry, B. and Watson, K. (2002), "Reflections on collaboration: learning outcomes and information literacy assessment in the business curriculum" in Reference Services Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 307-18.
10. Galvan, J. (1999), Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pyrczak, Los Angeles, CA.
11. Grafstein, A. (2002), "A discipline-based approach to information literacy" in Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 197-204.
12. Harris, J. (2006), Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, Utah State University Press, Logan, UT.
13. Hovde, K. (1999), "Check the citation: library instruction and student paper bibliographies" in Research Strategies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 3-9.
14. Knight, L. (2006), "Using rubrics to assess information literacy" in Reference Service Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 43-55.
15. Kohl, D.F. and Wilson, L.A. (1982), "Effectiveness of course-integrated bibliographic instruction in improving coursework" in RQ, Vol. 26, pp. 207-11.
16. Larkin, J.E. and Pines, H.A. (2005), "Developing information literacy and research skills in introductory psychology: a case study" in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 40-5.
17. Lowell, N. and Collins, L. (2001), "Planning the assessment. Assessing student learning outcomes in information literacy programs", paper presented at the ALA Preconference Workshop, Office of Educational Assessment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
18. McAdoo, M.L. (2008), "A case study of faculty perceptions of information literacy and its integration into the curriculum", Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.
19. Peary, A. and Ernick, L. (2004), "Reading, writing, research: incorporating strategies from composition and rhetoric into library instruction" in College and Undergraduate Libraries, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 33-43.
20. Purdue, J. (2003), "Stories, not information: transforming information literacy" in Portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 653-62.
21. Smith, R.L. (1997), "Philosophical shift: teach the faculty to teach information literacy", paper presented at the ACRL National Conference, Nashville, TN.
22. Thompson, G. (2002), "Information literacy accreditation mandates: what they mean for faculty and librarians" in Library Trends, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 218-41.
23. Tompkins, J. (1987), "Me and my shadow" in New Literary History, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 169-78.
24. Tompkins, J. (1994), "Textualism, morality and the problem of history" in Goldstein, P. (Ed.), Styles of Cultural Activism, University of Delaware Press, Newark, DE, pp. 184-202.
25. Western Washington University Libraries (1999), Western Libraries Information Literacy Learning Outcomes, available at: www.library.wwu.edu/ref/inst/info_lit_outcomes.htm (accessed 29 March 2010).
26. Young, V.E. and Ackerson, L.G. (1995), "Evaluation of student research paper bibliographies: refining evaluation criteria" in Research Strategies, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 80-93.