Table of Contents
Preface: my journey into research processes
Chapter 1: Defining research processes
The capabilities actually required by students
Keeping the goal consistent with higher education’s mission
The idea of research processes
Chapter 2: Research ability inadequacies in higher education
University students and information skills - an overview
Information literacy of senior undergraduate/graduate students
The information literacy of faculty members
The bottom line: information illiteracy in academia
Chapter 3: Research processes and faculty understanding
The university administration gap
The perpetuated experience (osmosis) gap
Faulty assumptions about students and technology
Faculty perception of librarians
The hesitation of accrediting bodies
Chapter 4: Current initiatives in research processes
Development of standards among academic librarians
Instruction through the curriculum
The essential failure of all such initiatives
Chapter 5: The role of disciplinary thinking in research processes
The development of scholarly ability within a discipline – content and process
The difference between disciplinary experts and undergraduates
Chapter 6: Research processes in the classroom
Congruence with active learning and constructivism
Required thinking and process skills
Required changes in teaching patterns
Chapter 7: Tentative case studies in disciplinary research process instruction
Chapter 8: Research processes transforming education
The educational task of the professor
Departmental planning for teaching research processes
University planning for teaching research processes
Chapter 9: Resourcing the enterprise