ERIC Number: EJ1243490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jan
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-2542
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Apprenticing Researchers: Exploring Upper-Division Students' Information Literacy Competencies
Squibb, Sara L. Davidson; Zanzucchi, Anne
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v20 n1 p161-185 Jan 2020
This study explores upper-division students' research competencies, dispositions, challenges, and developments through focus group interviews complemented by surveys, including local responses to the Experiences with Information Literacy topical module from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). These undergraduates, apprenticing as researchers, use research practices that are more novice than expert, as described in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. They employ a range of abilities in the research process and demonstrate an emerging knowledge of the information environment and of academic disciplines. Because curriculum strongly influences information literacy development, librarians should pursue close collaborations with faculty.
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Research Skills, Student Surveys, Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Development, Personality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Survey of Student Engagement
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