Chemistry and Infomation Literacy for Informed Citizens: Creating and Implementing a Chemistry Research Assignment Using News Media

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dc.contributor.author Waddell, Myra
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-04T19:38:51Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-04T19:38:51Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.description.abstract In an undergraduate chemistry research assignment, students used popular media to explore science in the news and connected the science media reports to the original scientific literature. A librarian and chemistry instructor collaborated on information literacy instruction to teach students the research skills required to successfully complete the assignment. Students participated in three scaffolded library lab activities: a pre-reflection exercise in which students were asked to articulate what they knew about scientific information and how they would conduct a search for scientific literature; a Google search activity on finding credible science news reports; and an exercise linking science found in popular news reports to the original scientific literature located in academic databases. Learning outcomes assessment is provided in qualitative summaries detailing student interactions with the library lab activities and class discussions.
dc.format.extent 18 pages
dc.identifier.citation Waddell, M. (2016). Chemistry and information literacy for informed citizens: Creating and implementing a chemistry research assignment using news media. In C. Flenner-Lovitt, K. Shuyler, & Y. Li (Eds.), Integrating information literacy into the chemistry curriculum (pp 205-220). doi 10.1021/bk-2016-1232.ch011
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/42697
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.publisher American Chemical Society
dc.relation.uri http://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841231740
dc.rights This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in “Integrating Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum", copyright © ACS after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841231740
dc.subject information literacy instruction
dc.subject library instruction
dc.subject science literacy
dc.subject chemical education
dc.subject chemistry curriculum
dc.subject news media
dc.subject science media
dc.title Chemistry and Infomation Literacy for Informed Citizens: Creating and Implementing a Chemistry Research Assignment Using News Media
dc.type Book Chapter
dc.type.dcmi Text
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