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Elliott, Anna Bunker – Momentum, 1979
Suggests making a chart with simplified explanations of the Dewey Decimal codes, to help young children find their way around the library. (SJL)
Descriptors: Charts, Dewey Decimal Classification, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1993
Describes how to combine psychomotor skills with memory and other cognitive learning skills to reinforce skills related to the location of information using the Dewey Decimal system. Movements and music for use with six topics are suggested. Exercises are most appropriate for use with kindergarten through second-grade students. (KRN)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Dewey Decimal Classification, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
Lewis, Zella, Comp. – 1981
Compiled from a 1980 survey requesting library science guides for elementary and secondary schools, this booklet contains numerous learning activity examples from 36 states which are presented in three main sections. The introduction contains the preface and strategies for teaching learning skills. The major part of the document focuses on using…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Card Catalogs, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
Cassidy, T. K. – Library Talk, 2000
Describes how to incorporate a game into teaching the Dewey decimal system to elementary students in grades three, four, and five. Provides ideas for a nine-week session that includes five weeks of instruction on the Dewey decimal system, card catalog, and Boolean searching; and four weeks of competition. (LRW)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Competition, Dewey Decimal Classification, Educational Games
Williams, Florence M. – 1979
This report addresses the feasibility of changing the classification of library materials in the Chicago Public School libraries from the Dewey Decimal classification system (DDC) to the Library of Congress system (LC), thus patterning the city school libraries after the Chicago Public Library and strengthening the existing close relationship…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Feasibility Studies
Mealy, Virginia; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Three articles describe methods for teaching library skills. The first presents a song used to teach students the Dewey Decimal system; the second describes a reading program incorporating Halloween and foreign countries; and the third includes short poems designed to teach students to care for library books properly. (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1989
Provides fully developed library media activities which are designed to be used in connection with seven specific curriculum units for grades one through seven. Highlights include vocabulary of sports; Dewey Decimal classification; writing fables; using nonfiction books and encyclopedias for social studies topics; and political maps in atlases.…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education, Encyclopedias
Moore, Penelope A.; St. George, Alison – School Library Media Quarterly, 1991
Discussion of information skills and library skills instruction focuses on a study of the information retrieval process used by grade six children in New Zealand. Selection of keywords, use of the card catalog, and location of books using the Dewey Decimal system are investigated, and the role of cognitive skills is discussed. (17 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Dewey Decimal Classification, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
PDF pending restorationGaller, Anne M.; Coulter, Joan M. – 1991
This manual provides practical information on the planning, organization, and operation of school libraries. Some of the guidelines differentiate between small libraries with minimal collections and larger, better-equipped libraries with more resources. Introductory materials include definitions of terms used in this manual. Guidelines are then…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Describes seven library media activities: "Mathematics: What's After the Decimal Point?"; "Music: Melody"; "Physical Education: Rope Climbing in Past and Present Jobs"; "Reading/Language Arts: Fantasy Themes"; "Re-Telling African Folktales"; "Social Studies: Famous People of the Westward…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Database Management Systems, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education
