In the technological world of the Twenty-first Century, students must be information literate. They must have the skills to access, evaluate, and utilize information needed in their undergraduate experience and in their future endeavors. It is important for Geography majors to acquire these skills as part of their undergraduate education. At one institution of higher learning, information literacy learning is embedded in the Geography curriculum. An online instrument to assess information literacy skills is used to evaluate seniors. In this article, goals for information literacy, the creation of the information literacy assessment instrument and the results of assessment testing are discussed.
Das Projekt i-literacy unterstützt Studierende während ihres Studiums dabei, umfassende Fähigkeiten zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zu entwickeln. Dazu gehören Fähigkeiten wie die effektive und effiziente Recherche, Themenbearbeitung und -eingrenzung, die Anwendung von Methoden für empirische Forschung sowie die korrekte Anwendung von Formalia.
"The Stanford Study of Writing is a five-year longitudinal study investigating the writing practices and development of Stanford students during their undergraduate years and their first year beyond college in professional environments or graduate programs." Gut aufbereitet, mit Präsentationen und ergänzenden Publikationen
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