College writing is expected to be better than work prepared in high school. Your students will be asked to write summaries, prepare arguments, or develop an interruptive work. By adding just one requirement to written assignment can satisfy one or more Information Fluency competency and proficiency standard.
Writing Assignments
Below are suggestions for exercises mapped to Information Literacy competencies in the context of assignments and exercises requiring students to submit written work.
Require students to:
Learning Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and articulate their information needs in the process of defining a problem, question or project for research.
Learning Outcome 2: Students will be able to use library and information technology tools and resources to carry out research.
Learning Outcome 3: Students will be able to design and execute a research project using a systematic process to collect, analyze and present information in written formats, properly incorporating citing and documenting sources.
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