GLC Teaching and Learning Principles 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A librarian collaborates with a classroom teacher to co-teach a research unit. Which model best describes instruction where both educators share responsibility for all students equally?
- One teach/one observe
- Station teaching
- Team teaching (Correct answer)
- Parallel teaching
Correct answer: Team teaching
Team teaching involves both educators jointly planning and delivering instruction, sharing responsibility for all students simultaneously.
Question 2: Metacognition, as applied in library instruction, most directly refers to students':
- Ability to locate information quickly
- Awareness and regulation of their own thinking and learning processes (Correct answer)
- Knowledge of library classification systems
- Skill in evaluating source credibility
Correct answer: Awareness and regulation of their own thinking and learning processes
Metacognition involves students thinking about their own thinking, including monitoring comprehension and adjusting strategies during research.
Question 3: Which information literacy framework, adopted by ACRL in 2016, organizes information literacy around six interconnected 'frames' or threshold concepts?
- Big6 Skills Model
- TRAILS Framework
- Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (Correct answer)
- AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Correct answer: Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2016) replaced the older Standards with six frames built around threshold concepts.
Question 4: When a librarian uses 'think-alouds' during a database demonstration, the primary instructional purpose is to:
- Model the expert search process and make invisible thinking visible (Correct answer)
- Assess student prior knowledge
- Allow students to practice searching independently
- Introduce new vocabulary terms
Correct answer: Model the expert search process and make invisible thinking visible
Think-alouds make the librarian's expert reasoning process explicit and observable, helping learners understand how skilled searchers think.
Question 5: Differentiated instruction in a library setting most commonly involves adjusting which three elements to meet diverse learner needs?
- Content, process, and product (Correct answer)
- Goals, standards, and assessments
- Technology, time, and grouping
- Vocabulary, reading level, and format
Correct answer: Content, process, and product
Carol Ann Tomlinson's differentiated instruction framework focuses on varying content (what), process (how), and product (demonstrated learning) based on student readiness, interest, and learning profile.
Question 6: A librarian observes that students frequently abandon searches when initial results are poor, rather than refining their strategy. This reflects a gap in which information literacy competency?
- Source evaluation
- Search strategy and iterative searching (Correct answer)
- Citation management
- Information ethics
Correct answer: Search strategy and iterative searching
Iterative searching requires learners to revise and refine queries based on results, a metacognitive skill central to effective information literacy.
Question 7: Which type of knowledge, according to cognitive learning theory, includes procedures and strategies such as how to conduct a Boolean search?
- Declarative knowledge
- Metacognitive knowledge
- Procedural knowledge (Correct answer)
- Conditional knowledge
Correct answer: Procedural knowledge
Procedural knowledge refers to knowing how to perform tasks or apply strategies, as distinct from declarative knowledge (knowing that something is true).
GLC Teaching and Learning Principles 3
A librarian collaborates with a classroom teacher to co-teach a research unit.
Which model best describes instruction where both educators share responsibility for all students equally?