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crl-16644	Roberts, Linds West	Research in the Real World: Improving Adult Learners Web Search and Evaluation Skills through Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning	2017	25	.pdf	application/pdf	11239	600	50	In general, traditional education seemed to work best for knowledge tests involving remembering key terms and concepts, whereas PBL students often, though not always, performed better in practice or skill-based environments. During the last couple of decades, government leaders and educators have become increasingly concerned about the need to prepare a workforce for these high- skill jobs.1 The ability to find information and statistics on the open web from reliable sources has become an essential skill across many fields.2 Librarians are increasingly looking for ways to build these transferable “lifelong learning” skills, which go well beyond teaching college students how to use subscription databases to find scholarly articles for academic assignments.3 Few studies examine effective research skills among nontraditional college students.	cache/crl-16644.pdf	txt/crl-16644.txt