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ACU Library Metaliteracy Course

This course emphasizes metaliteracy skills needed to think critically about information.

Lifelong Learning Research Strategies Overview & Video

Before you start this Overview, take the Pretest.


Metaliterate learners connect learning with personal, professional, and lifelong goals using their experiences. Metaliterate learners recognize metacognitive principles of learning by acknowledging that learning is a process and can reflect on research difficulties to improve strategies.

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

1) Know which search strategies are appropriate for the information needs

2) Determine tasks involved to develop research questions

3) Reflect on one's own knowledge and determine ways to increase metacognition skills

4) Recognize the process of critical thinking that leads to metaliterate learning