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Assessment of First Year Students' Information Literacy Skills


Assessment is a very big part of our INTD 105 library program. INTD 105 Instructors have graciously agreed to bring their students back to the library at the end of a semester so we can assess how well they remembered and understood what we taught them in the library session. Most instructors feel that the most convenient time for this assessment is during the final exam period since the class is on the schedule but is not given a final exam.

When the class arrives for the assessment, they are given laptops and directions for accessing the online quiz, which is taken anonymously. It usually takes between 30 and 45 minutes. Careful analysis of the assessment results leads to changes in the content and methods of our library sessions.

During the Spring 2008 semester, the assessmet was revised based on previous results, based on a revision of the goals and objectives for the INTD 105 library instruction sessions.

The revised assessment was examined, and some small changes were made.

In Fall 2008, 100 students took the assessment at the begining of the semester, allowing us to look at pre-test and post-test data for the first time. Once the results of the post-test are in, analysis will be posted here.

Geneseo librarians would greatly appreciate your participation in future INTD 105 assessments of library skills. If you want to be involved in the assessment process, call or email Rich Dreifuss, Interim Library Instruction Coordinator, 245-5175, dreifuss@geneseo.edu.

Brief Summary of the Spring 2008 assessment results:

Results Of The Spring 2008 Intd 105 Assessment
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