Studying Children's Questions - Imposed And Self-generated Information Seeking at School

Informationen zum Autor Melissa Gross is an Associate Professor in the College of Information at the Florida State University. She received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and was voted Outstanding Faculty Member for 2002-2003. Klappentext This book reports on a study examining 'Imposed Queries in the School Library Media Center,' and is a follow up to a pilot study on the same topic. The analysis is presented in a way that provides a clear road map for researchers, students, and practitioners who wish to undertake a study of this type, or to advance thinking about the place of imposed queries in information seeking. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Children and Research Chapter 4 2. Children in the Library Chapter 5 3. Studying Children's Questions at School Chapter 6 4. Understanding Children's Questions and Information-Seeking Behavior Chapter 7 5. Next Steps Part 8 Appendix A: Human Subject Forms Flyer Part 9 Appendix B: Coding Sheet for Self-Generated and Imposed Queries Part 10 Appendix C: Interview Guides for Students, Teachers, and School Library Media Specialists Part 11 Index Part 12 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Gross, Melissa R. Gross
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2005
• EAN: 9780810852198
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-5219-8
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Research Methods in Library an; Research Methods in Library and Information Studies; Research Methods in Library and Information Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system