According to psychologist Noel Burch, adult learners go through four stages of learning on our journey toward skills mastery. From Unconscious Incompetence, which includes an unawareness of the skill that you lack, to Conscious Competence, when you are able to articulate and apply a skill, consider the following stages and identify where you currently place your own understanding.
Sinclair, 2014
In regard to the aforementioned learning outcomes, consider the following image and give yourself a “score” using the sliding scale. As you begin this learning module, where do you consider yourself to be in the learning process?
Hogan Learning process: From unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence, Hogan 2016
Complete the warm-up Self-Evaluation
1) INTRODUCTION
Part Guide, Part Teacher
Overview of Upcoming Material
2) RESEARCH PROCESS BASICS
The Anatomy of Scholarly Articles
The Goal of Research
3) ETHICS IN RESEARCH
Introduction & ALA Code
Professionalism & Privacy
Source Attribution
4) THE REFERENCE INTERVIEW
Introduction & Importance
Getting Started
Setting Goals
Be a Guide
Keep it Positive & Ending the Interview
5) DATABASE SEARCH STRATEGIES
What is a Database
Searching the Database
Additional Database Tools
The BEAM Method
6) EVALUATING RESOURCES
Introduction & Importance
Format Matters
CRAAP Test
SIFT Method
7) INFORMATION BIAS
Algorithm Bias
Media Bias
Misinformation, Disinformation, & Propaganda
8) RESEARCH PUBLICATION PROCESS
Research Lifecycle
Getting Published
Peer Review
9) CITATION & PLAGIARISM
Copyright
Plagiarism
Citation
10) NAVIGATING GOOGLE SCHOLAR
What is Google Scholar
Searching Google Scholar