Three perspectives on information literacy in academia: Talking to librarians, faculty, and students

A Yevelson-Shorsher, J Bronstein - College & Research Libraries, 2018 - crl.acrl.org
This study presents three perspectives on the subject of information literacy skills in
academia by examining the perceptions of students, teaching faculty, and librarians …

Using source analysis to promote critical thinking

BJ D'Angelo - Research strategies, 2001 - Elsevier
Information literacy, as defined by the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher
Education [2000. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries], is the ability …

You can lead students to sources, but can you make them think?

P Hayes-Bohanan, E Spievak - Critical Thinking Within the …, 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
What happens when a librarian and a psychology professor create a course designed to
incorporate what psychology knows about thinking into an information literacy class? Not …

Troublesome concepts and information literacy: Investigating threshold concepts for IL instruction

AR Hofer, L Townsend, K Brunetti - portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012 - muse.jhu.edu
Librarians regularly encounter students who struggle to understand and apply information
literacy concepts. A qualitative survey administered to information literacy practitioners …

Fostering critical thinking in first-year students through information literacy instruction

M Goodsett, H Schmillen - College & …, 2022 - engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu
As students encounter high volumes of misinformation in online environments, cultivating
critical thinking is an important goal of information literacy instruction, especially for first-year …

Measuring the effectiveness of critical literacy as an instructional method

E Lehner, K Thomas, J Shaddai, T Hernen - 2017 - academicworks.cuny.edu
This paper reports the results of a quasi-experiment investigating the efficacy of using critical
literacy as an instructional method. Using a quantitative comparison method, critical literacy …

Using information literacy to promote critical thinking

RH Taylor, L Patterson - Teacher Librarian, 2000 - search.proquest.com
Promoting information literacy is a pedagogical approach that can effectively combat the
entrenchment of stereotypes of Native Americans, by assisting students in developing critical …

Building a first-year information literacy experience: integrating best practices in education and ACRL IL competency standards for higher education

E Karshmer, JE Bryan - The journal of academic librarianship, 2011 - Elsevier
Saint Leo University is a private Catholic university steeped in the Benedictine tradition. The
main campus is located in central Florida, and supports a learning community of more than …

Information literacy learning outcomes and student success

S Samson - The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010 - Elsevier
Information literacy learning outcomes of randomly selected first-year and capstone students
were analyzed using an assessment instrument based on the ACRL competency standards …

Librarians and instructors developing student learning outcomes: Using frameworks to lead the process

K Lundstrom, B Anna Fagerheim… - Reference Services …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper if to design a workshop that effectively facilitates the
collaborative revision of student learning outcomes based on current research relating to …