Friday, October 29, 2010

Finding Definitions

For this Week 10 activity, I am a school librarian teaching an information literacy skill to a classroom of 21 third-graders.

Positive Transfer: Students will learn how to find the correct definition of a word.

Near Transfer: Students will compare skills needed to find a definition in a textbook glossary with skills needed to find a definition in the dictionary.

Far Transfer: Students will learn and practice finding definitions online using correct search engine terms.

Negative Transfer: To prevent negative transfer of learning, students will learn the difference between good sources and questionable sources for finding definitions. Students will practice determining a relevant definition when more than one definition is given for a term.

~Margaret (Susie) Pozgay

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