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| author | Blundell, Shelley Lambert, Frank |
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| contents | Information Anxiety from the Undergraduate Student Perspective: A Pilot Study of Second-Semester Freshmen Blundell, Shelley Lambert, Frank Anxiety Student Attitudes College Freshmen Public Colleges English Instruction Student Surveys Statistical Analysis Gender Differences Racial Differences Ethnic Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Libraries Information Technology Library Skills In early spring 2013, a pilot study was conducted at a major public university in Ohio to explore elements of information anxiety (defined herein as a combination of library anxiety and information technology anxiety) among second-semester freshmen enrolled in all iterations of both a traditional and a remedial first-year English course. The Information Anxiety Scale (an adaptation of Sharon Bostick's 1992 "Library Anxiety Scale") was the pilot study's primary measure. Study researchers wanted to examine which information anxiety elements registered the most statistical significance for respondents. Analysis of results revealed statistically significant findings between elements in the scale and previous research and library experience, sex, and race/ethnicity. This pilot study experience will aid the study's researchers in revising their version of the Information Anxiety Scale for a larger study on information anxiety, toward understanding specific information anxiety triggers for undergraduate students and informing future information literacy instruction practices. |
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| spellingShingle | Information Anxiety from the Undergraduate Student Perspective: A Pilot Study of Second-Semester Freshmen Blundell, Shelley Lambert, Frank Anxiety Student Attitudes College Freshmen Public Colleges English Instruction Student Surveys Statistical Analysis Gender Differences Racial Differences Ethnic Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Libraries Information Technology Library Skills Information Anxiety from the Undergraduate Student Perspective: A Pilot Study of Second-Semester Freshmen Blundell, Shelley Lambert, Frank Anxiety Student Attitudes College Freshmen Public Colleges English Instruction Student Surveys Statistical Analysis Gender Differences Racial Differences Ethnic Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Libraries Information Technology Library Skills In early spring 2013, a pilot study was conducted at a major public university in Ohio to explore elements of information anxiety (defined herein as a combination of library anxiety and information technology anxiety) among second-semester freshmen enrolled in all iterations of both a traditional and a remedial first-year English course. The Information Anxiety Scale (an adaptation of Sharon Bostick's 1992 "Library Anxiety Scale") was the pilot study's primary measure. Study researchers wanted to examine which information anxiety elements registered the most statistical significance for respondents. Analysis of results revealed statistically significant findings between elements in the scale and previous research and library experience, sex, and race/ethnicity. This pilot study experience will aid the study's researchers in revising their version of the Information Anxiety Scale for a larger study on information anxiety, toward understanding specific information anxiety triggers for undergraduate students and informing future information literacy instruction practices. |
| title | Information Anxiety from the Undergraduate Student Perspective: A Pilot Study of Second-Semester Freshmen |
| topic | Anxiety Student Attitudes College Freshmen Public Colleges English Instruction Student Surveys Statistical Analysis Gender Differences Racial Differences Ethnic Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Libraries Information Technology Library Skills |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1074306 |