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IL Signature Assignments
Information Literacy Signature Assignments
Information Literacy ( IL)is essential for students to function in our information-based society. Librarians and Faculty are committed to providing students with the research skills necessary for them to become lifelong information consumers. Following are some signature IL assignments used at Cabrini College. These assignments integrate the IL skill sets which include the ability to locate, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and use information from a variety of sources: books, journals, databases, government documents, and the World Wide Web.
SOW 303 Human Behavior and the Social Environment Research Project
Students are asked to imagine that they wake up one day and assume another identity. Students investigate the developmental issues that accompany this new identity. Some of the identities are: elderly black woman, adopted child, inner-city youth, immigrant, etc. The project requires the students to discuss the following in terms of their new identity:
Identify the developmental issue Identify your population Discussion of the problem within the population Discuss the history of the problem. Identify prevention/treatment programs Identify long term effects Identify necessary skills and knowledge Examine own feelings Annotate two articles
COM/PSY 215 Television and Human Behavior Research Project Dr. M.L. Corbin Sicoli, emerita
Students examine the pervasive influence of TV on human behavior. The research project consists of a review of the literature and an action component. The action component may be a content analysis of a current television program, a historical analysis of television characters, a survey of viewers preferences, an investigation of viewing preferences with different aspects of human behavior or personality.
H-PSY 302 Honors Psychology: Psychology of Popular Music Research Project Dr. M.L. Corbin Sicoli, emerita
Students explore contemporary music using the basic concepts of psychology. The research project consists of a review of the literature and an action component. The action component may be a content analysis of the work of a current artist, a historical analysis of a particular group’s music, a survey of listeners preferences, an investigation of listener preferences with different aspects of human behavior or personality.
BUS 230 Principles of Marketing Ruby Remley Marketing Project
Students work together in small groups to develop a product or service. The project has four parts: Market Segmentation, Product Development, Pricing and Communications. Market Segmentation requires research on the target market which includes demographics, psychographics, and lifestyle. Product Development requires research on packaging. Pricing requires information on wholesale and retail pricing. The final part, Communications, requires research on Advertising, Public Relations, Sales Promotion, Personal Selling, and Special events. See the wiki created for the Principles of Marketing course.
POL 206 Comparative Government Country Study Dr. James Hedtke
Students investigate a required number of scholarly periodicals, proprietary databases, print reference sources, primary works, and web sites that relate to international governments and countries. In addition, students are required to understand the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly periodicals and primary and secondary resources. See the wiki created for the Comparative Government course.
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