Cherry picking: red, ripe NOT rotten....
Greetings from Amsterdam,
Suzanne
On May 6, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Croft Daniel (RBF) NOC wrote:
> I'm loving the food theme. Thankfully I've already had lunch.
>
> I was wondering if there was a food theme that could convey the idea
> that all the articles are in one big lump and you're using Boolean's
> to extract just the ones you want. Perhaps something like a big
> fruit salad and someone says they want grapes AND pineapple, another
> says strawberries OR banana, and another says pineapple NOT banana.
>
> Daniel
>
>
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> On the food theme we use fish and chips and my aversion to fish to
> introduce chips not fish!
>
> Kieran
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> On a similar idea as Andrew's first example, I can't remember who
> was responsible for developing the ideas of pizza ordering in
> Boolean searching - e.g. the contrast between a "ham and mushroom
> pizza", or a "ham or mushroom" pizza. This often seems to develop
> an appreciation of "and" and "or".
> Dorothy
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> How about:
>
> *"Remember the Gin and Tonic!" : Using Alcohol to Teach Boolean
> Searching (May need PC adaptation!)*
> http://www.libraryinstruction.com/alcohol.html
>
> And from ICML 2009 the winning poster:
>
> *Poster Number 73 - Boolean hoops - a training tip*
> Bronia Renison, Townsville Hospital, Australia
>
> Bronia manages a health library in a large tertiary referral
> hospital in
> North Queensland. She started working in health libraries in 1984, and
> has a special interest in evidence based practice.
>
> *Abstract:*
> Librarians play a key role in training health workers to search,
> acquire
> and appraise literature. The correct use of Boolean logic enables busy
> clinicians to focus their searches and locate the evidence most
> relevant
> to their question. However, some research shows that clinicians may
> mistakenly believe they understand how to use Boolean logic. An
> alternative method of teaching Boolean logic was explored, to
> complement
> traditional auditory and visual learning styles. There is anecdotal
> evidence that demonstrating Boolean logic using hula hoops is an
> effective and enduring way to embed understanding.
>
> Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a participative game to
> teach Boolean logic within the context of a training session.
>
> Methods: A short multiple choice test was designed, to assess health
> workers' understanding of Boolean logic. The test is administered to
> attendees of training sessions about advanced search techniques.
> During
> the session, participants engage in the game. The same test is
> administered at the conclusion of the training session, and a
> different
> version of the test is offered two months following the training.
>
> Results and conclusions: Data collection will continue until early
> 2009.
> Early analysis of test results suggests that the fun approach is
> assisting health workers to understand, and retain knowledge about,
> Boolean concepts.
>
>
>
> Hamilton, Seona wrote:
>>
>> **Apologies for cross-posting**
>>
>> We're looking to redesign our group Medline/Cinahl training sessions.
>>
>> Currently we do a 2.5hr session, with a group of 6 maximum, which
>> follows a basic presentation & live search format with a practical
>> session afterwards. After noticing that attendees were clearly not
>> picking up techniques such as subject heading & keyword searching
>> when
>> the presentation covered the whole search in one go, we've broken it
>> down into:
>>
>> Coming up with a question & breaking down into topics, presentation
>> & demo
>>
>> - practical session
>>
>> Searching using subject headings
>>
>> - practical session
>>
>> Searching using keywords, truncation etc
>>
>> - practical session
>>
>> Joining searches using AND/OR
>>
>> - practical session
>>
>> Limits
>>
>> - practical session
>>
>> etc... and still finding that a significant number of people
>> require a
>> great deal of one-to-one help which suggests we're not explaining
>> things in a way that everyone can understand.
>>
>> We're trying to think of more creative ways of getting some of these
>> concepts across - maybe getting away from medical terminology and
>> using other subjects to explain Subject headings (Chocolate: Cadbury:
>> Flake, Dairy Milk, CurlyWurly ?!), and using other techniques - more
>> participation, flip charts? Objects, quizzes to a) keep people awake
>> b) cater to different learning styles c) get a better idea who
>> understands and who needs more help.
>>
>> We've already decided to make it a 3hr session to give a bit more
>> time
>> for discussion and spending longer on what appear to be the most
>> difficult concepts. We're also going to strip the session back to the
>> basics and offer follow-up training sessions for those who want to
>> build on what they've learned, or learn more advanced techniques.
>>
>> Do you have anything that works well for you? Any ideas? Seen any
>> good
>> articles or websites? We could remember a post from a while back
>> comparing searching to shopping and will definitely be looking at
>> that
>> again.
>>
>> Will summarise any responses for the list.
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Seona
>>
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