Assessment and Perception of Information Literacy Skills Among Teacher Education Students

Godbey, Samantha; Dema, Alexandra

doi:10.1080/01639269.2017.1387738

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“…For example, studies have explored how information literacy skills may vary based on class year, studying first-year college students, 6 graduating seniors, 7 and incoming graduate students. 8 Other studies have investigated information literacy skills of students in specific majors, such as teacher education students, 9 international graduate business students, 10 and graduate education students. 11 Librarians have also explored student information literacy skills based on admission type, such as transfer students, 12 or participation in a specific program, such as an educational opportunity program.…”

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Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Generation College Students

LeMire

Hahn

et al. 2021

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Academic libraries, together with their colleges and universities, are increasingly identifying first-generation college students as an underserved population that is likely to experience barriers to library access and usage. Less is known, however, about the information literacy skills of first-generation students, particularly in comparison with their continuing-generation counterparts. This study assessed the information literacy skills of first-generation college students in general education courses at Texas A&M University to inform information literacy instructional efforts and to inform advocacy efforts for developing substantial and sustained information literacy support for first-generation students at that campus. Study results indicate that firstgeneration students experience significant information literacy gaps in comparison with continuing-generation students at the same institution and in the same courses.

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Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Generation College Students

LeMire

Hahn

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“…The success of the initiatives to integrate IL skills into the school curriculum largely depends on the preparedness of teachers in teaching these skills. Teachers' proficiency with these skills is critical as they are expected to play a major role in providing information and knowledge to their students (Godbey and Dema, 2017). Lee et al (2012) investigated preparedness of graduating preservice teachers and found that the majority of respondents did not learn about IL in their programmes, and 77% felt inadequately prepared to teach these skills to their students.…”

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Appraising information literacy skills of students in Singapore

Majid

Foo

Chang

2020

AJIM

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PurposeTo investigate information literacy (IL) skills of secondary students in Singapore after integration of these skills into school curriculum. The study also explored cyber wellness skills of the students.Design/methodology/approachA survey questionnaire was used to collect data from 14 secondary schools, located in different geographical zones of the country. A total of 3,306 secondary students participated in this survey. A scoring scheme was devised to assess IL skills of the students.FindingsThe students achieved an overall mean score of 52.6%, which is considered as a “middle” level of IL competency. The students obtained high mean scores for two IL skills: “defining information task and analysing information gaps” (60.5%) and cyber wellness (60.1%). Lowest scores were achieved for two IL skills: “selecting information sources” (47.4%) and “appraising the information process and product” (48.0%).Research limitations/implicationsThis study has not investigated IL knowledge of teachers, responsible for teaching IL components. Similarly, content analysis of school textbooks, integrating IL skills, could be useful.Practical implicationsIt appeared that integration of IL skills into school curriculum showed limited success in imparting these skills. This paper suggests measures for improving the integration of IL skills into school curriculum. Findings of this survey will be useful to curriculum planners, education administrators, instructors teaching IL skills and school librarians.Originality/valueThis study was unique as, in addition to standard IL skills, it also investigated cyber wellness skills. It was desirable as now social media have become a popular source for information seeking and sharing.

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“…As part of research practices, five publications measured the impact of the researchers' learning activity interventions by surveying students' self-assessed information-seeking skills. Four of them (Bhavnagri & Bielat, 2005 In three other studies (Godbey & Dema, 2017;Kale, 2016;Rothera, 2015) researchers measured students' information skills out of research or other contexts.…”

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Information-seeking behaviours of teacher students: A systematic review of quantitative methods literature

Dahlqvist

2021

EFI

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Teachers are the key to an inclusive and quality education for all. Therefore, the training of teachers and teacher students and understanding how they learn is crucial. This also applies to information-seeking behaviours as part of learning. This systematic literature review explores the observed research gap regarding teacher students’ information-seeking behaviours. Of specific interest is information-seeking affective behaviours and the research practice context. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guided the review process. Searches were conducted in three key research databases and resulted in 1006 references. Abstracts and titles were screened and assessed using Rayyan. After screening, 58 publications were chosen for the qualitative synthesis, of which 39 used only or partly quantitative methods and thereby of interest for the review. The results were then analysed through thematic analysis. The results revealed a research gap regarding quantitative and mixed methods studies of non-normative and qualitative features of teacher students’ information-seeking behaviours, especially affective behaviours and in research practices. This is the first systematic review of teacher students’ information-seeking behaviours. Thus, a valuable contribution to information-seeking behaviour and information literacy research has been provided.

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Assessment and Perception of Information Literacy Skills Among Teacher Education Students

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Generation College Students

Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Generation College Students

Appraising information literacy skills of students in Singapore

Information-seeking behaviours of teacher students: A systematic review of quantitative methods literature

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