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Dissertation Information for Patricia Senn Breivik

NAME:
- Patricia Senn Breivik

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1974)

ADVISORS:
- Oliver L. Lilley

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: EFFECTS OF LIBRARY-BASED INSTRUCTION IN THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF DISADVANTAGED COLLEGE FRESHMEN

Abstract: After reviewing the background of open

admissions policies and
programs in higher education, library

instruction in academic
libraries and the beginnings of open

admissions within the City
University of New York, the dissertation

reports on the conducting
and results of a two-semester controlled

experiment at Brooklyn College.
The experiment was designed to determine

whether there would be any
difference in the academic success of

basic-skills students (i. e. those
requiring remedial work) if they received

correlated library and information
retrieval assistance, which emphasized

information collection skills
and facility in the evaluation of resources

in relation to an academic
course, on a weekly basis, traditional

library instruction (i.e. an
orientation tour of the library plus

lectures on the use of the card
catalog and indexes) or no supplementary

instruction. Academic success
was to be evidenced by residual gains in

score between homework papers
defending a self-chosen proposition (the

satisfactory performance of
which was the goal of the course) assigned

during the first and next-to final
weeks of the semester. Also considered was

whether or not any change
would incur in student use and attitude

toward the library and its resources
as a result of the different inputs.
Within the limits of the experiment the

results were fairly consistent:
the weekly instructed groups edged into

first place over, the control groups
with the traditionally-instructed groups

coming in a poor third.
Sample instructional materials and a

selected bibliography are
included.

MPACT Scores for Patricia Senn Breivik

A = 0
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T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:01:46

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Students under Patricia Senn Breivik

ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None