GLC Teaching and Learning Principles 3

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?

Accepted Answer

Team teaching

Answer

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':

Accepted Answer

Awareness and regulation of their own thinking and learning processes

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Model the expert search process and make invisible thinking visible

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Content, process, and product

Answer

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.

(GLC) Georgia Librarian Certification Practice Test

(GLC) Georgia Librarian Certification Practice Test

GLC Teaching and Learning Principles 3