The strands are intertwined and when a learner experiences difficulty with one strand, the learner relies on prior learning involving another strand. The students in the study had no support or misguided directions for their information- seeking school assignments. The article concludes with recommendations for school library media and classroom professionals, professional preparation programs, and researchers. Four Variations on Drueke's Active Learning Paradigm. A basic overview of the jigsaw method is given, along with a detailed description of each lesson plan.
Evaluative information is presented which was gathered from faculty and student experiences.
The author offers several recommendations for implementing successful active learning instructional sessions. BI and Reference in the 1990s' Sea of Change. The author discusses the attitudes and philosophies that librarians have regarding the relationship of BI and reference services. He cites historical definitions, as well as recent ideas put forth by Roma Harris' research and Anne Lipow's Rethinking Reference Institutes. The author concludes that reference and BI, having both been affected by internal and external forces, have common goals focusing on user independence, which should lead toward collaboration in developing new philosophies and models for service.