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Building information literacy through project work: A case study in Singapore

Tan, May Hwee Mian and Theng, Yin-Leng (2006) Building information literacy through project work: A case study in Singapore. In Khoo, C. and Singh, D. and Chaudhry, A.S., Eds. Proceedings A-LIEP 2006: Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP 2006), pages pp. 198-206, Singapore.

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Abstract

In this paper, we described a study carried out to investigate whether the incorporation of information literacy standards explicitly in the learner outcomes of Project Work helped students build and achieve a high level of information literacy. In this study, the students self-assessed their acquisition and development of the information literacy competencies through the use of a five-scale Likert survey. Their reflections of the research experience were also analyzed. In addition, the teachers rated their stu-dents’ achievement levels through the use of a rubric. Findings revealed that students attained a rela-tively good level of competency, extracted relevant information, synthesized the main ideas to construct new knowledge and seemed to concur with teachers’ perceptions of the students’ abilities to access, evaluate and use information more effectively.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Keywords:Information literacy, Singapore
Subjects:Information Literacy
ID Code:1382
Deposited On:24 May 2007
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