The Handy 5
Planning and Assessing Integrated Information Skills and Instruction
Robert Grover, Carol Fox, and Jacqueline McMahon Lakin

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SUBJECTS
Children's & Young Adult Services » Curriculum & Instruction

REVIEWS
"This one is different and warrants your attention...The Handy 5 is an exceptional model of how to develop information process tools with teachers based on research, planning, and assessment...Bottom Line: Handy for schools and districts; handy for associations." — TEACHER LIBRARIAN

DESCRIPTION
Information skills instruction is a fundamental and vital part of K-12 education in the 21st century. The Handy 5 is an effective model for planning, teaching, and assessing information skills instruction. If we truly believe that all students can learn and that the role of teachers and library media specialists is to enhance learning, new ways of structuring the learning process must include systematic and frequent assessment throughout the learning process. This five-step model provides a framework for planning learning activities to accommodate frequent and systematic evaluation for the benefit of the students' success. The purpose of Part 1 explains the Handy 5. Part 2 outlines the theoretical background and presents the research that validated the model. Finally, Part 3 provides useful examples of the model's implementation.



All royalties go to the Kansas Association of School Librarians

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Robert Grover is professor and Dean at the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. Carol Fox is a retired library media specialist in El Dorado, KS. Jacqueline McMahon Lakin is an information management consultant for the Kansas State Department of Education in Topeka.

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