Information literacy in 2015: International graduate business students' perceptions of information literacy skills compared to test-assessed skills. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Michalak, Russell; Rysavy, Monica D. T.
• Is Part Of: Journal of business & finance librarianship. Volume 21:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 152
• Page End: 174
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Business information literacy -- information literacy assessment -- information literacy skills -- instructional design -- international business graduate students; Business libraries -- Periodicals; Financial libraries -- Periodicals; 026.3305
• DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2016.1145787
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0896-3568

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 2015, the information literacy (IL) team designed an instrument to determine international graduate business students' perceptions of their IL skills and their actual test-assessed IL skills. The purpose of this research was to compare international graduate students' perceptions of their IL skills versus their test-assessed competencies, with the aim of creating training modules to improve test-identified deficiencies. Results demonstrate that wide discrepancies exist between students' perceptions of their own skills and their actual skills on all six ILA-topic areas assessed by the internally developed test instruments, with students overestimating their abilities in all areas.