I have never really had much difficulty with finding information and doing research on a topic. It has been drilled into my brain from grade 5 which sites are reliable and which sites I should avoid. This library research class did not help me with my researching skills; we didn't really do any researching exercises, and all of the information that was given was stuff that I already knew.
It would have been more useful for us to choose a topic to research at the beginning of the class and spend the 5 weeks researching and writing an essay to turn in on the last day of class (which is what i originally thought we would be doing in this class after hearing what this class was called). I did like this class a lot. It was fun to get out of the Ed.2 building and do something other than Anatomy, English, Calculus, Health Disparities, etc.The thing that I had trouble with in this class was the format of the directions; they were very ambiguous and a lot of people (including myself) had a lot of questions about how to get full credit on the assignments. Yes, there were opportunities to email you and come talk to you during AE or Study Lab- and many people did take advantage of this. But, even after I thought I was clear on the directions, i actually didn't do the assignment correctly. I think a way to save time with the directions is to put a short list of things that aren't what you're looking for with the directions. Also, the purpose of this class was not very clear- I thought we would be doing research in this class, but we pretty much only talked about reliable sources (which I already knew about) and the importance of not plagiarizing (which I already knew).
... And I'm probably talking in circles. But, to answer the question, it would be helpful to do actual researching activities on a topic that is given to us or a topic of our choice.
It would have been more useful for us to choose a topic to research at the beginning of the class and spend the 5 weeks researching and writing an essay to turn in on the last day of class (which is what i originally thought we would be doing in this class after hearing what this class was called). I did like this class a lot. It was fun to get out of the Ed.2 building and do something other than Anatomy, English, Calculus, Health Disparities, etc.The thing that I had trouble with in this class was the format of the directions; they were very ambiguous and a lot of people (including myself) had a lot of questions about how to get full credit on the assignments. Yes, there were opportunities to email you and come talk to you during AE or Study Lab- and many people did take advantage of this. But, even after I thought I was clear on the directions, i actually didn't do the assignment correctly. I think a way to save time with the directions is to put a short list of things that aren't what you're looking for with the directions. Also, the purpose of this class was not very clear- I thought we would be doing research in this class, but we pretty much only talked about reliable sources (which I already knew about) and the importance of not plagiarizing (which I already knew).
... And I'm probably talking in circles. But, to answer the question, it would be helpful to do actual researching activities on a topic that is given to us or a topic of our choice.
