Start With A Question
this Teaching Idea
Presented By:
Barb Macke
Subject Area(s):
- Higher Ed: General
- Higher Ed: Writing
Grade Level:
- Lower level
- First Year
Idea Title:
Start With A Question
Description:
Start your session with a question (Who cheats more in college - men or women? Is it OK for professors to date students?) and explain to students that we will look for the answer in several different types of resources. Sometimes I put students into groups, let each group explore a resource (catalog for books, Academic Search Premier for articles, LexisNexis for news etc.), and then have someone from each group show the class what they have found. Their steps and missteps make for excellent teachable moments; during the process, there are frequent opportunities to point out the salient features of databases, better ways to search and more. This approach can be applied in a 50-minute session or a longer session, if desired.
