How Information Literate Are Junior and Senior Class Biology Students?

Abstract

Information literacy-i.e. obtaining, evaluating and using information-is a key element of scientific literacy. However, students are frequently equipped with poor information literacy skills-even at university level-as information literacy is often not explicitly taught in schools. Little is known about students' information skills in science at junior and senior class level, and about teachers' competences in dealing with information literacy in science class. This study examines the information literacy of Austrian 8th, 10th and 12th grade students. Information literacy is important for science education in Austria, because it is listed as a basic competence in Austria's science standards. Two different aspects of information literacy are examined: obtaining information and extracting information from texts. An additional research focus of this study is teachers' competences in diagnosing information skills. The results reveal that students mostly rely on online sources for obtaining information. However, they also use books and consult with people they trust. The younger the students, the more they rely on personal sources. Students' abilities to evaluate sources are poor, especially among younger students. Although teachers claim to use information research in class, their ability to assess their students' information competences is limited.

Investigating factors that influence students’ ability to seek online bilingual scientific information

“…In addition, recent studies support the claim that the preparation of bi/multilingual rather than monolingual information seekers is necessary for global and more equal scientific progress (Amano et al , 2021a, 2021b, 2023; Angulo et al , 2021; Nuñez and Amano, 2021; Ransing et al , 2023; Zenni et al , 2023). Unfortunately, to date, there is little evidence about the type of sources selected by students when engaged in academic bilingual tasks as previous research has largely focused on monolingual educational practices (Alamettälä and Sormunen, 2021; Brante, 2019; Macedo-Rouet et al , 2020; McGrew et al , 2018; Kiili et al , 2021; Paul et al , 2019; Paul et al , 2017, 2018; Potocki et al , 2020; Schiffl, 2020; Stenseth and Strømsø 2019). Our study provides evidence from a university bilingual science course, which helps expand this research.…”

Literasi Informasi Dalam Tugas Mini Riset Mahasiswa Baru Jurusan Biologi Pada Mata Kuliah Morfologi Tumbuhan

“…Literasi informasi mencakup kegiatan untuk mengetahui informasi, mengambil informasi tersebut dan menggunakannya untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi. Informasi menjadi pusat perhatian dalam penelitian literasi informasi (Schiffl, 2020). Dalam literasi informasi sangat dibutuhkan pemahaman akan sumber informasi dan bagaimana cara untuk mencari dan mengambil informasi tersebut.…”

The system of unified training of scientific medical personnel of Sechenov university

“…Известно, что в школах учащиеся недостаточно получают знаний и навыков, которые бы в перспективе могли способствовать успешной образовательной и научной деятельности. А обязательными компонентами для познания теоретических основ базовых и профильных дисциплин являются теоретическое мышление, анализ сущности вопросов, восприятие ключевых понятий и классификаций [6,7]. Обучение школьников, направленное на развитие понятийного мышления, требует активной переработки информации, заключающей в себе применение таких подходов, как абстрагирование, конкретизация, систематизация, обобщение [8].…”