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Direct linkDouglass, Courtney L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Information scholars, educators and librarians have grappled with defining the concept of information literacy for decades--at least as far back as the 1970's--with the most prominent common thread being as a set of skills. In pedagogy and practice, what higher education currently calls information literacy is delivered more akin to research…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Identification, Information Science Education, Undergraduate Students
Houth, William I. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative quasi-experimental study explored the effectiveness of an in residence research skills plagiarism avoidance workshop. The problem is what effect a research skills plagiarism avoidance workshop would have on the improvement of plagiarism avoidance. Information literacy was discovered as the foundation of why students plagiarize.…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Research Skills, Plagiarism, Workshops
Folk, Amanda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Despite efforts to improve retention and degree completion rates, American higher education suffers from a persistent social-class achievement gap (Stephens, Hamedani, and Destin, 2014). This gap is often explored quantitatively through the examination of academic outcomes of first-generation college students (i.e. students who parents have not…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Research, Research Projects, Assignments
Reham E. Al-Issa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of undergraduate college students attending a public and a private university in the State of Kuwait to understand how they develop their understanding and valuing of information literacy and information literacy standards. Data from student and faculty interviews and student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Information Literacy, Public Colleges
Al-Issa, Reham E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of undergraduate college students attending a public and a private university in the State of Kuwait to understand how they develop their understanding and valuing of information literacy and information literacy standards. Data from student and faculty interviews and student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Information Literacy, Public Colleges
Gerald E. Lincoln – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Information literacy is a skill set that has become important in higher education. Accrediting agencies expect academic institutions to develop skills in students so that they may become lifelong learners after graduation. Theological institutions have lagged behind the rest of higher education in implementing this instruction. Theological…
Descriptors: Clergy, Information Literacy, Higher Education, Standards
Serrell, Karen K. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The children's taunt "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" gives new credence to the information search process at the elementary school level. Children keep what they find, claim it as their own, and accept information without discernment or critique. This study examines the effectiveness of teaching information literacy skills through…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Research, Research Methodology, Student Interests
