ARE THEY LEARNING?Building a longitudinal model of information literacy assessment

Alan Carbery, Sean Leahy, Champlain College, Vermont, USA

Information Literacy Developmental Rubric

Accesstherubricat:bit.ly/infolitdevelopmentalrubric

BIGpicture highlights

What we know about the

3RD YEAR STUDENT

Students have a grasp on the

SCOPE & FOCUSof their research

Connecting

IDEAS

SOPHISTICATIONBut, citations lack the

we might expect at 3rd year

CLASS OF 2016

Look how you’ve

GROWN!

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FirstYear JuniorYear

Overall Information Literacy Performance First Year to Junior Year

FirstYear

Junior Year

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IdentifiesQuestions forInvestigation

SelectsAppropriateStrategies&

ToolstoAccessInformation

Criticallyevaluatesandappraisesinformation

SynthesizesInformaiton

Attribution

Median Scores by Criteria

Observations about

ASSESSMENT

Redesigning & realigning

INSTRUCTIONbased on what students

NEED

Does assignment type predictperformance outcomes?

A case forPORTFOLIOS?

acarbery@champlain.edu @acarberysleahy@champlain.edu