HELPING STUDENTS STUDY AND LEARN: A SCHOOL/LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP
What is learning?• Copying and memorizing are not learning
• Students need to learn• How to actively and effectively STUDY• How to FIND information• How to UNDERSTAND information• How to ORGANIZE and REPRESENT learning• HOW TO PLAN the process of doing research
Study Skills: What and HowTime
Management
Regular times
Daily study
Understanding
Note takingLists
PracticeWork
togetherQuestionnin
gDiagrams
and Charts
Test Preparation
Mnemonics
Review notes
Review charts and diagrams
Supporting ComprehensionUse questions
Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which and How
K- What I know alreadyW- What I want to learnL- What I have learned
Answer in your own words
Use graphic organizers
Show main ideas and supporting information
Sequences, processes, compare and contrast, relationships, hierarchies
Graphic Organizers
Workshop training
Library progra
m
Leader
Promoter
Partner
Manager
Region
Wordea 1
Wordea 2
Wordea 3
DistrictRelationship:Roles of Librarian Hierarchy:
Local government
Interrelationships: Components of Training Workshops
Coffee
Milk
Sugar
Macchiato
Process: Making Macchiato
Reference Skills: Where and How to Find Information
Where to find
information
Encyclopaedias,
nonfiction, books,
manuals, atlases, maps
How to find information
Use tools in information resources
Use strategies for
understanding key words
Types of Information Tools in Information Resources
• Table of contents• Headings• Glossary• Index• Charts• Text features (bold, size…)• Visual supports…. Colour, photos, diagrams…• ACTIVITY: With a partner, identify each of these structures in an information book. Then, prepare a “test” for your partner to find specific information using each of these features within an individual information book.
Dictionaries• Many types for different reading abilities and purposes. • Most are complex and difficult to use.• Other strategies to determine of unfamiliar words:• Ask someone• Use definitions and context clues from the text• The female lays a clutch, or group of eggs. • It is herbivorous, which means it is a plant eater.• Some sea turtles migrate almost 1000 miles to breed, nest and lay
their eggs.• Use word part clues -- • “Prehistoric” – pre-= before, - before recorded history• Identify unfamiliar key words before reading and discuss them
with students
Maps, Atlases and Globes• Different forms• Tools for using these references• Matching purpose with the proper resource• New technologies and mapping
Small Group Activity:Maps, Atlases and GlobesYour Task Your AnswerIdentify types of maps
What information does this map provide?
Identify the tools in the map such as colour, direction, legend, markers etc.
Report what you learned from reading the map.
Small Group Activity Two: ExampleYour Task Your AnswerIdentify research topic Canadian Sports
Make a Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which and How question for your topic. Choose one question for the next part of the activity
Who are famous Canadian sports heroes?What are popular Canadian sports?Where do sporting events take place?When do sporting events take place?Why are some sports more popular than others?Which sports are winter and which are summer sports?How do Canadian sports compare with Ethiopian sports?
Identify particular resources that could be used
Online search engines: GoogleInformation books on sports in CanadaLocal newspapersEncyclopedia
Reporting your learning: Identify a graphic/diagram to present your answers to the questions- chart, graph, table, timeline, process map, etc.
Hierarchy, Venn diagram
Sharing the Information•Write report• Give a speech• Make a poster• Drawings/Illustrations• Make a model• Develop a graphic organizer
Sports in Canada
Hockey
Sydney Crosby
Wayne Gretsky
Soccer (football)
David Edgar
?
Water Sports (swimming,
diving)
Alexandre Despatie
Mark Tewksbury
How do Canadian sports compare with Ethiopian sports?
Sports in Canada:• Hockey• Baseball• Water Sports
Sports in Ethiopia• Track- running• Ping-Pong
SoccerFootball
Comparing Canadian Hockey & Ethiopian Running
Canadian children enjoying outdoor hockey
Professional hockey in large indoor rink
Ethiopian Runners win every medal!
Ethiopian children practice their running skills.
Small Group Activity ThreeYour Task Your AnswerIdentify research topic Global Food Situation
Make a Who, What, Where, When, Why, Which, and How question for your topic. Choose one question for the next part of the activity
Identify information needed to research the question
Identify information resources that could be used
Identify a graphic way to present your answers to the question- chart, graph, table, timeline, process map, etc.
ACTIVITY: Creating a Graphic• Group 1: How to make injera (process/sequence)• Group 2: Key times in Ethiopian history (time line)• Group 3: Diagram and label the parts of a tukel (drawing with labels)• Group 4: Compare jobs in the city with jobs in the country (venn diagram, compare-contrast chart)• Group 5: Graph library statistics (e.g., bar graphs, pie charts)• Group 6: Diagram how government is organized in Ethiopia (hierarchy)
Supporting Student Research5. Model
with selected students
1. Form questions and task
2. Identify appropriat
e resources
3. Review resources for needed informatio
n with student
4. Review usefulness
of informatio
n and further needs