[LM_NET] SEC: task repetition and research skill transfer

[Rosette Acord <racord@WEBER.K12.UT.US>]

Hello,
I've been briefly searching the literature and can't find anything on whether there 
is a "magic number" of times that it takes the average person to learn an 
information literacy skill and then transfer that skill.  An example:  high school 
science teachers require an article from an online periodical database for every 
unit they teach.  When those students attend college and take the library 
orientation class, many are clueless on how to use a similar database.

About 30 years ago when I was in my first library class, the instructor mentioned 
that it would take a student around twelve times to really learn how to use the 
card catalog or other library skill.

Is there any research that shows that repitition makes a difference? If so, what 
kind?   Obviously the teachers and I will be looking at how we can improve our 
instruction, and if any of you have traveled this path, please pass on any wisdom 
you have.  It appears that the challenge will be to imake the instruction more 
meaningful and realistically with little added time.  Have you found certain 
methods work better than others?    I've been in ERIC and LM-Net and EBSCO 
Academic.  My Google search isn't coming up with much either. I will continue to be 
looking for best practises, and maybe I'm on the wrong track with the search terms 
I've been using.   Any suggestions on terms?

Help---I hate to flounder and reinvent the wheel--and sometimes I'm a slow inventor

Thanks in advance

Rosette' Acord, Library Media Specialist
Bonneville High School
Ogden, UT.  84403

racord@weber.k12.ut.us

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