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Main Authors: Gross, Melissa, Latham, Don, Armstrong, Bonnie
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ970675
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author Gross, Melissa
Latham, Don
Armstrong, Bonnie
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Latham, Don
Armstrong, Bonnie
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Latham, Don
Armstrong, Bonnie
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contents Improving Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: Designing an Evidence-Based Educational Intervention Gross, Melissa Latham, Don Armstrong, Bonnie College Students Intervention Focus Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Library Services Literacy Higher Education Surveys Interviews Teaching Methods Student Centered Curriculum Librarians Library Science This article describes the design and development of an educational intervention intended to improve information literacy skills based on research with first-year college students. The intervention was developed over the course of a three-year period, during which time grant funding was received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supporting the collection of research data on the learning needs of first-year college students who scored below proficient on a standardized information literacy test. A variety of empirical methods including tests, surveys, interviews, and focus groups were used to collect data. The resulting intervention is a modular session that can be used as a stand-alone presentation or incorporated into other information literacy interventions. The design of the intervention stresses three main research goals: orientation to information literacy as a skill set, improved ability to self assess skills, and the acquisition of at least one skill that demonstrates the utility of instruction. At the heart of the intervention is the three-step Analyze, Search, Evaluate (ASE) process model of information literacy, which is easy to remember, easy to adapt to multiple instructional situations, and can provide a foundation for building additional information literacy skills. (Contains 1 figure.)
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spellingShingle Improving Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: Designing an Evidence-Based Educational Intervention
Gross, Melissa
Latham, Don
Armstrong, Bonnie
College Students
Intervention
Focus Groups
Information Literacy
Information Skills
Library Services
Literacy
Higher Education
Surveys
Interviews
Teaching Methods
Student Centered Curriculum
Librarians
Library Science
Improving Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: Designing an Evidence-Based Educational Intervention Gross, Melissa Latham, Don Armstrong, Bonnie College Students Intervention Focus Groups Information Literacy Information Skills Library Services Literacy Higher Education Surveys Interviews Teaching Methods Student Centered Curriculum Librarians Library Science This article describes the design and development of an educational intervention intended to improve information literacy skills based on research with first-year college students. The intervention was developed over the course of a three-year period, during which time grant funding was received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supporting the collection of research data on the learning needs of first-year college students who scored below proficient on a standardized information literacy test. A variety of empirical methods including tests, surveys, interviews, and focus groups were used to collect data. The resulting intervention is a modular session that can be used as a stand-alone presentation or incorporated into other information literacy interventions. The design of the intervention stresses three main research goals: orientation to information literacy as a skill set, improved ability to self assess skills, and the acquisition of at least one skill that demonstrates the utility of instruction. At the heart of the intervention is the three-step Analyze, Search, Evaluate (ASE) process model of information literacy, which is easy to remember, easy to adapt to multiple instructional situations, and can provide a foundation for building additional information literacy skills. (Contains 1 figure.)
title Improving Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: Designing an Evidence-Based Educational Intervention
topic College Students
Intervention
Focus Groups
Information Literacy
Information Skills
Library Services
Literacy
Higher Education
Surveys
Interviews
Teaching Methods
Student Centered Curriculum
Librarians
Library Science
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ970675