Don't Fall Into the Gap: Identifying Information Literacy Struggles Between High School & Higher Ed.
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Research shows that college freshmen face a real challenge when they first conduct research at the college level. Despite their high levels of confidence, the reality is that many of them lack information literacy skills to find and access academic resources and scholarly information, in turn hindering their academic careers. Where are students struggling with information literacy? How are students using sources in higher ed? And how have K-12 librarians tackled this issue to better prepare their students for research in higher education? This informational presentation will discuss what we have learned from both external studies as well as our own data analysis from EasyBib's 40 million users.
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- 1. DON’T FALL INTO THE GAP UnderstandingInformationLiteracyStruggles BetweenHighSchool&HigherEd.
- 3. How do students approach research?
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- 9. “BridgingtheGap:PreparingHighSchoolStudentsforCollegeLevelResearch.” “Highschoolstudentsareoftennotallowed enoughtimetodoin-depthresearch. Studentsareoftentoldwhat to learn rather thanaskedtoconductself-directed research. StandardizedtestingattheK-12levelmakesit difficult for teachers toemphasize informationliteracyskills.”
- 15. Wikipedia–8% Yahoo!Answers–7% eNotes–3% Answers.com–3% OPPapers–3% “TheSourcesinStudentWriting–SecondaryEducation.Turnitin.” Where are they going? 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! Secondary,2011-2012
- 16. “TheSourcesinStudentWriting–HigherEducation.Turnitin.” Wikipedia–11% Oppapers–4% SlideShare–4% CourseHero–4% Scribd–3% What are they citing? 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! HigherEd.,2011-2012
- 17. EasyBibdata. What Students Think of Wikipedia
- 18. "BothSidesNow:LibrariansLookingatInformationLiteracyfromHighSchoolandCollege." 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0%-‐20% 21%-‐40% 41%-‐60% 61%-‐80% 81%-‐100% K-‐12 Academic
- 19. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Short quotes Longquotes In-text citations Relevance Useof quotesas filler Recognize publication bias Include Cultural context First-yearEnglishCompositionN=16 SeniorCapstoneN=16 “InformationLiteracyLearningOutcomesandStudentSuccess.”
- 21. But it’s not so bad!
- 22. “AreTheyReady?ExploringStudentInformationLiteracySkillsintheTransitionFromSecondarytoTertiaryEducation.” Areas of Understanding Boolean Operators • 38.6%understood“AND” functions Website Credibility • ~25%selected3correct characteristics • Almostallselectedat leastone
- 23. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 First-yearEnglishCompositionN=16 SeniorCapstoneN=16 “InformationLiteracyLearningOutcomesandStudentSuccess.” Areas of Understanding
- 24. “InformationLiteracyLearningOutcomesandStudentSuccess.” Sources Used in Student Writing Freshmen used: • LexisNexisAcademic • QuickSearch(federatedsearch) • AcademicSearchPremier • Librarycatalog
- 25. Sources Used in Student Writing Seniors used: • AcademicSearchPremier • Librarycatalog • JSTOR • MontanaRulesofCivilProcedure • ScienceDirect • BusinessSearchPremier “InformationLiteracyLearningOutcomesandStudentSuccess.”
- 26. What can we do?
- 28. “Train the Trainers” Informationliteracyforeducators Why? ü CCSS ü Familiarity ü Comfort levels “BridgingtheGap:PreparingHighSchoolStudentsforCollegeLevelResearch.”
- 29. Collaborate!
- 31. • DiscussionforumofK-12and academics • DocumentcoveringILskillsbetween H.S.andcollege • Sharedwithteachersandparents • Visiteachother’slearning environments Academic K-‐12 Committees EasingtheHighSchooltoCollegeTransition:CreatinganInformationLiteracyContinuum.Educator'sSpotlightDigest.
- 32. • Librarymediaspecialists • HighschoolEnglishteacher • Universitylibrarians • Instructionaldesigner http://helios.weber.edu “HeLIOS:BridgingtheInformationLiteracyGapfromHighSchooltoUniversity.” Academic K-‐12 Curriculum Collaboration
- 33. “Bridging the Gap: Preparing High School Students for College Level Research.” Collaborate! Visit academic libraries • LCclassification • Inter-libraryloan • Subjectspecialists • Breadthofresources • Virtualreference
- 34. Twitter • #infolit • #libchat • #highered Connect!
- 35. LinkedIn • Groups • Followlocalcolleges • Exploreyournetwork Connect!
- 36. List Servs • infolit-l • K-20collaboration • lists.ala.org/sympa Connect!
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