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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sen, Barbara; Ford, Nigel – Education for Information, 2009
This paper presents the "SEA-change" model of reflection. It was developed to support the growing interest in reflective practice within the library domain. The model was developed from experience gained teaching and training reflective writing to students and practitioners within librarianship. The model was tested using data gathered from the…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Library Education, Reflection, Student Journals
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Ford, Nigel – Education for Information, 1985
Outlines relevance of learning style and strategy research to education for librarianship and reports on a study that assessed the learning styles of library and information science students through use of a questionnaire. The effectiveness of the questionnaire in assessing learning styles and implications for future research are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Higher Education, Holistic Approach
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Ford, Nigel; Ford, Rosalind – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1994
Thirty postgraduate librarianship students learned about PRECIS indexing using a system that responds as flexibly and intelligently as a human expert to natural language queries. Interactions were logged and analyzed. The evidence obtained supports the notion that individuals employ distinct strategies when interacting with information sources in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries