Document Type
Contribution to Book
Disciplines
Educational Methods | Library and Information Science
Abstract
This chapter describes a lesson plan that incorporates information literacy into an introductory chemistry course. The learning outcomes of the activity include becoming familiar with the peer-review process, knowing how to locate original research articles based on “clues” in a general news article, and differentiating between popular and scholarly periodicals. Students work in small groups in a collaborative classroom setting. The activities of the lesson plan are mapped to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The lesson plan is supported by a literature review outlining the importance of collaborative, active learning in STEM courses, and highlights the correlation between information literacy instruction and student retention.
ScholarWorks Citation
Harvey, Barbara C., "Is It Scholarly? A Lesson Plan for Collaborative Chemistry Information Literacy" (2016). Books and Contributions to Books. 10.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_books/10
Comments
Original Citation: Harvey, B. C. (2016). Is it scholarly? In C. Flener Lovitt, K. Shuyler, & Y. Li (Eds.), Integrating Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum (Vol. 1232, pp. 93–103). Oxford, UK: American Chemical Society.
This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in "Integrating Library and Information Literacy Into Chemistry Curricula" 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.