At Purdue University, librarians, instructional designers, and faculty members are working together to incorporate the concept of information literacy across the curriculum. In the past few years they ...

In a recent post, I outlined 9 ways AI-literate students learn with AI, focusing on how students use AI to support thinking, reading, writing, feedback, and reflection. That post traced the practices ...

You can find great examples of information literacy assignments at Loyola Marymount University's William H. Hannon Library's guide. The Snowden librarians are eager to participate in the fight against ...

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Students work on a literacy assignment at a Texas elementary school. Standards based on the science of reading have been shown to improve achievement. Credit: Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report The ...

An analysis of 1,500 classroom assignments given at six urban middle schools last year yielded some disappointing results: Just 4 in 10 assignments were found to meet the Common Core State Standards’ ...

Elementary school children may be harmed by overuse of tech tools for spelling. Literacy experts are calling for change and ...

[Editor’s Note: This article is Part 2 of our 3-part series on information literacy. For Alan November’s Part 1 article, click here. Check back soon for Part 3.] Nearly half of librarians in a recent ...

An introduction to research, writing, and rhetorical practices employed in academic and professional contexts. The course examines the operation of genres, the audiences they address, and the purposes ...

As a college professor, I know that getting students excited about the work I have to grade later can be one of the more frustrating things about teaching. But when an assignment hits the right chord, ...