What the Public Children's Librarian Needs to Know about Locational Skills Instruction in Elementary Schools.

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10

Media Staff; Practitioners

Children; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Guidelines; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Resources Centers; Library Instruction; Library Research; Library Skills; Public Libraries; School Libraries

Reviews curriculum guides and the research literature to examine locational skills instruction in elementary schools and the transferability of skills to the public library. Factors that may limit instructional effectiveness are identified and the need for public children's librarians to have realistic expectations of children's abilities to locate books is discussed. (35 references) (CLB)

1990

EJ398083