PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142)

This paper discusses the competencies that are required to work effectively with information. It examines the nature of the information resources and how students interact with them. The discussion moves to the types of questions studcnts have asked and suggests that the predominant types may not be assisting students in developing information usage skills, thus not improving their mastery of a skill set such as that proposed by R. J. Marzano and R. W. Ewy (1989). Reviews of research have indicated that teachers often do not ask questions that require studehts to work with information resources, relying instead on qlyestions that merely ask for the recall of knowledge. The challenge is for teachers to more frequently pose questions that encourage students to use the problem-solving approaches they will need in the world of the future. The rapid redundancy of information means that no institution can give its students all,the knowledge they will need, but students can be given the skills to update and refine their knowledge. Two figures illustrate the discussion. (Contains 37 references.) (SLD) Reproduktions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. $