Process Text Guides for Summarizing and Evaluating Empirical Studies |
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| Authors: | José A Montelongo |
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| Institution: | California Polytechnic State University , |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT This article presents a model for creating library information literacy process text guides designed to help students summarize and evaluate quantitative empirical articles. Process text guides contain two strands of strategically embedded activities designed to simulate the processes used by “good readers.” One strand of exercises is included to help students develop the abilities to summarize an empirical research article by having them locate the main ideas of each of the article's paragraphs. A second strand of activities includes more evaluative questions about each of the sections of a research article—abstract, introduction, methodology, results and discussion, and references. Process text guides may be presented throughout a semester or quarter as handouts in library sessions and/or as online information literacy modules. An actual article from a peer-reviewed journal in psychology was used to create a sample process text guide. |
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| Keywords: | Information literacy evaluation empirical studies reading comprehension summarization |
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