http://info-fetishist.org/2009/06/08/527/ yeah, it's long -- I didn't have time to make it shorter Fri, 18 May 2012 17:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://info-fetishist.org/2009/06/08/527/#comment-1153 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:57:07 +0000 http://info-fetishist.org/?p=527#comment-1153 [...] attention) generated during various learning situations or activities.   The entry, titled Motivating students in the one-shot offers an assessment of this research on library-based inquiry skills instruciton.  Deitering [...]

]]> http://info-fetishist.org/2009/06/08/527/#comment-1049 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://info-fetishist.org/?p=527#comment-1049 So, how can we apply this to our class visits? For a very few students there is real interest in their topic – football helmets or health food. For most, the situational interest might be getting a good grade (somewhat motivating, to be sure). While it’s true that each librarian has a personal style (performance) and I guess that they are all allowed freedom to conduct the class as they wish (yes?) though within certain parameters, how can we work together to motivate students better? Because really, though I hope they will get enough to do well on a paper, in fact I’m more interested in their getting excited about research.

]]> http://info-fetishist.org/2009/06/08/527/#comment-1046 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:22:52 +0000 http://info-fetishist.org/?p=527#comment-1046 [...] just been reading info-fetishist on Motivating students in the one-shot. Some of the ideas take me back to the “Instruction Librarian as Performance Artist” [...]

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