I-Search, You Search, We All Learn to Research: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Teaching Elementary School Students to Solve Information Problems (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians) [Paperback]

Donna Duncan (Author), Laura Lockhart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 155570381X | ISBN-13: 978-1555703813 | Publication Date: April 2000

Today's elementary school students will become tomorrow's knowledge workers. How can librarians and teachers help children develop the critical thinking and information problem-solving skills they will need to be confident and flexible users of information in the 21st century?

This unique manual adapts the innovative and effective I-search research process for grades one through six. Here is a blueprint for helping students formulate questions leading them to personal discoveries, as well as strategies for teaching them to fashion those discoveries into information of their own. In addition to the educational theory behind the unique I-Search information seeking process, the authors provide lesson-plans, techniques, and evaluation tools for making the information search process an adventure for young students.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Using the I-Search method, this manual introduces teachers and librarians to strategies to get students to move away from traditional research in which they merely restate information to a higher order of thinking. Duncan and Lockhart encourage researchers to ask the following questions: "What do I want to know?"; "Where can I find the answers?"; "How will I record the information that I find?"; "How will I show what I learned?"; and "How will I know I did a good job?" Along the way, they will learn about choosing topics, evaluating sources, note taking, presenting findings, and working with peers to develop better skills. Ready-to-use transparencies and copies of student I-Search papers are included. A welcome guide.
Joyce Rice, Limestone Creek Elementary School, Jupiter, FL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"A welcome guide." -- School Library Journal

"Recommended for school library professional collections or circulating collections in academic libraries..." -- American Reference Books Annual

"Will help adults and students alike." -- The Bookwatch

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Neal Schuman Pub (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155570381X
• ISBN-13: 978-1555703813
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A useful elementary school classroom handbook., July 3, 2000

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This review is from: I-Search, You Search, We All Learn to Research: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Teaching Elementary School Students to Solve Information Problems (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians) (Paperback)

Donna Duncan and Laura Lockhart's I-Search, You Search, We All Learn To Research provides a how-to guide for teaching elementary-level students to solve information problems. Students build skills in research at an early age with parents and teachers using this handbook as a starting point.