Dr. Ross J. Todd Home Page. The Evidence-Based Manifesto for School Librarians. The Impact of New York’s School Libraries on Student Achievement and Motivation: Phase I. What Studies Show about School Librarians' Contribution to Learning. There are many research studies spanning schools across the United States that show support of school library programs. Visit the following sites for access to information from this research. Library Research Service The Library Research Service generates library statistics and research for library and education professionals, public officials, and the media. LRS reports and analyzes statistics on school, public, and academic libraries, and conducts studies on major library issues that are reported in the Fast Facts and Closer Look series. Library Skills, Information Skills, and Information Literacy: Implications for Teaching and Learning.
James O. Carey, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida One intent of national-level reports such as the Secretary's Commission on Secondary Skills and America 2000 is to foster approaches to the education of our children that go beyond factual information to conceptual learning; beyond isolated rules to principles for application; and beyond textbook problems with known, predictable solutions to real problems with solutions that are unique to students and their interpretations of their resources and environments. Discussions of higher-order learning are not new.