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Dangers and Opportunities: A Conceptual Map of Information Literacy Assessment Approaches
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In this paper, the authors identify three major assessment approaches: (1) fixed-choice tests, (2) performance assessments, and (3) rubrics) and map the theoretical and educational assumptions on which these options are grounded and chart the dangers and opportunities of each assessment approach.Abstract:
The culture of assessment in higher education requires academic librarians to demonstrate the impact of information literacy instruction on student learning. As a result, many librarians seek to gain knowledge about the information literacy assessment approaches available to them. This article identifies three major assessment approaches: (1) fixed-choice tests, (2) performance assessments, and (3) rubrics. It maps the theoretical and educational assumptions on which these options are grounded and charts the dangers and opportunities of each assessment approach.read more
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The information literacy instruction assessment cycle: A guide for increasing student learning and improving librarian instructional skills
TL;DR: The ILIAC encourages librarians to articulate learning outcomes clearly, analyze them meaningfully, celebrate learning achievements, and diagnose problem areas, and results in improved student lear...
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Using rubrics to assess information literacy: An examination of methodology and interrater reliability
TL;DR: In this article, the benefits of using information literacy rubrics to assess information literacy skills are described and the interrater reliability of these rubrics is evaluated in the hands of librarians, faculty, and students.
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Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education
TL;DR: The progress made in empirical research on the school system since the 1990s through large-scale assessments such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has revealed that nothing comparable exists at the higher education level as mentioned in this paper.
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Are They Learning? Are We? Learning Outcomes and the Academic Library
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider six questions relevant to the assessment challenges librarians face in coming years: (1) How committed are librarian to student learning? (2) What do librarian want students to learn? (3) How librarian document student learning.
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A Roadmap for Assessing Student Learning Using the New Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
TL;DR: In the next several months, ACRL will likely approve a new and important document: the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, intended to replace the Standards for information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an historical framework highlighting the key tenets of social efficiency curricula, behaviorist learning theories, and scientific measurement, and offer a contrasting social constructivist conceptual framework that blends key ideas from cognitive, constructivist, and sociocultural theories.
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Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning
TL;DR: Rubric construction and use in different contexts is discussed in this article, where four key stages in constructing a rubric are discussed. But the focus is on how to construct a Rubric and not how to use it in the classroom.