Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education

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Main Authors: Salisbury, Fiona, Karasmanis, Sharon
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Published: 2011
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author Salisbury, Fiona
Karasmanis, Sharon
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Karasmanis, Sharon
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Karasmanis, Sharon
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contents Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education Salisbury, Fiona Karasmanis, Sharon Foreign Countries Information Literacy College Freshmen Generational Differences Information Skills Literacy Postsecondary Education Health Sciences Biomedicine Research Libraries Prior Learning Novices Student Surveys How information literate are the Google generation, and what information literacy skills do they bring to university? For university libraries, understanding student prior knowledge provides a foundation on which to introduce appropriate learning activities during the first year. In 2009, in response to a new pedagogical model in health sciences, La Trobe University Library measured and analysed the entry-level information literacy skills of first year health science students. The data was gathered during the first week of semester and 1,029 responses were collected. This paper examines the results of the survey and its implications for programs that broaden and build on students' existing knowledge base. (Contains 1 table.)
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spellingShingle Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education
Salisbury, Fiona
Karasmanis, Sharon
Foreign Countries
Information Literacy
College Freshmen
Generational Differences
Information Skills
Literacy
Postsecondary Education
Health
Sciences
Biomedicine
Research Libraries
Prior Learning
Novices
Student Surveys
Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education Salisbury, Fiona Karasmanis, Sharon Foreign Countries Information Literacy College Freshmen Generational Differences Information Skills Literacy Postsecondary Education Health Sciences Biomedicine Research Libraries Prior Learning Novices Student Surveys How information literate are the Google generation, and what information literacy skills do they bring to university? For university libraries, understanding student prior knowledge provides a foundation on which to introduce appropriate learning activities during the first year. In 2009, in response to a new pedagogical model in health sciences, La Trobe University Library measured and analysed the entry-level information literacy skills of first year health science students. The data was gathered during the first week of semester and 1,029 responses were collected. This paper examines the results of the survey and its implications for programs that broaden and build on students' existing knowledge base. (Contains 1 table.)
title Are They Ready? Exploring Student Information Literacy Skills in the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education
topic Foreign Countries
Information Literacy
College Freshmen
Generational Differences
Information Skills
Literacy
Postsecondary Education
Health
Sciences
Biomedicine
Research Libraries
Prior Learning
Novices
Student Surveys
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ931155