Learning skills
- Search
- have a knowledge of sources and methods for information retrieval
- be able to use search techniques in a traditional library and on the web
- Seeing and observation
- be able to observe the behavior of a complex system
- be able to connect observed behavior with its possible causes
- be able to set up experiments to refine understanding of system behavior
- Interpretation
- be able to do critical reading that assesses a document in relation to
- what is said in other documents
- what is known through personal experience
- be aware that:
- there may be serious errors in written and electronic documents
- what is read must always be evaluated
- Data analysis and evaluation
- be able to identify, access, extract, and evaluate information from a variety of sources
- be able to comprehend and apply quantitative and qualitative methodologies
- be able to synthesize deductions and inferences from information acquired