Course Specific Research Support for CG 135T: Home
The purpose of this page is to link curriculum requirements, for developmentally-appropriate and discipline-specific research skills, to matching library instruction and information literacy support outcomes
Career Encounters: Transportation course outcomes related to research skills:
- CG 135T CCOGIdentify specifics about career technical professions in transportation such as physical requirements, employment opportunities, wages and length of training
Other indicators of required research or information seeking:
From the Course Description:
"Includes lectures covering how to research information about targeted careers and the realities of the world of work."
From the Outcomes Assessment Strategies:
- Utilize electronic and print career resources to research and report on occupations relevant to the programs included.
- Research and identify training programs for specific occupations.
Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:
- Understand how describe an area interest, to define a topic to search for, and alternative search terms
- Skim result lists to locate relevant sources, when search terms are not in the titles or abstracts
- Use metacognition to adapt topic definition and search strategy
Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for CG135T
- Navigate library website to locate sources, including books and articles, for trade occupations
- Evaluate sources for relevance and currency
- Identify useful trade organizations for job openings and training opportunities
Librarian Instructional Objectives:
- Locate and use databases for vocational and career information
- Identify producers of current and reliable career information
- Track elements for attributing sources
Knowledge Practices and Dispositions
Oregon Library Standards Learning Goals
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To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger