AS Matheson's Reference Collection Well here is a sorry state. Our reference collection on countries is housed in a "behind" shelf in an out of the way, low traffic area. My goal is to create a more child centered reference area. At the forefront of my mind is bringing in books that answer the wonderings of the inquiry based projects that the teachers are presenting to the students. "A good reference source is one that serves to answer questions, and a bad reference source is one that fails to answer questions." (Reidling, 2013). I love the simplicity of this statement. It's time to organize the reference section to one that has a purpose and is interesting! Instead of creating a rubric, which I know is taking a risk since our assignment asks us to do so, I have created a goal for each of the following categories. Relevancy, purpose, currency, curricular connections and efficient use of space. Think of it as category 5 in a ...
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