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Using A Rubric To Assess Freshman English Library Instruction, Susan Gardner Archambault, Elisa Acosta
Using A Rubric To Assess Freshman English Library Instruction, Susan Gardner Archambault, Elisa Acosta
Elisa Slater Acosta
Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) Reference Department redesigned their freshman English library instruction so that all freshmen get a consistent and measurable experience using the library. In order to move to a more outcomes-based approach that measures what students can do with the information literacy skills we teach them, the Department designed an interactive five-module introduction to the research process that can be evaluated. All teaching materials were inserted onto a “LibGuide” content management system. Students sequentially complete an “English 110 Library Research Worksheet” as they work through the five-module research process and receive library instruction.
The Department also designed a …