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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Career Information Literacy For Students’ Interview Success, Amanda Cox, Lateka Grays
Career Information Literacy For Students’ Interview Success, Amanda Cox, Lateka Grays
Library Faculty Presentations
Cross Campus Relationship Building
• Seek unique opportunities
• Cross-promotion opportunities
• Problem Solving
• Appreciation by leadership
Using An Information Literacy Rubric To Evaluate Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
Using An Information Literacy Rubric To Evaluate Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
Scholarship Colloquium
Results of a study of student annotated bibliographies from English 102 students.
Information Literacy Skills Assessment And Curriculum Analysis In Teacher Education Programs: Establishing A Conceptual Framework, Samantha Godbey, Jennifer L. Fabbi
Information Literacy Skills Assessment And Curriculum Analysis In Teacher Education Programs: Establishing A Conceptual Framework, Samantha Godbey, Jennifer L. Fabbi
Scholarship Colloquium
The iSkills assessment is an hour-long, web-based simulation developed by ETS to measure ICT literacy skills of students from grades 10 through adulthood. In this study, the authors will compare the assessment scores of students majoring in teacher education (with junior-year status) at an urban commuter campus (UNLV) and a traditional residential campus (BYU). Controlling for demographic factors and GPA, the authors will focus on curricular elements in the respective teacher education programs that may contribute to the college students' test scores. Surveys and follow-up focus groups will focus on the relative value of information literacy as a skill set …
An Examination Of Attitudes Toward Sexualized Advertising In Las Vegas, Ashley Crisp, Alexis Kennedy
An Examination Of Attitudes Toward Sexualized Advertising In Las Vegas, Ashley Crisp, Alexis Kennedy
McNair Poster Presentations
This study explores the attitudes of college-level criminal justice students as to their perception of sexualized advertising in Las Vegas, and if these attitudes have any correlation with the participant’s length of residency. The study also correlates college-level student’s attitudes toward sexualized advertising and how religious they rate themselves. Female participants who lived in Las Vegas for 5 years or more on average agreed advertisements in Las Vegas are too sexualized. In contrast, female participants who were either born in Las Vegas or lived there less than 5 years neither agreed nor disagreed that advertising was too sexualized. As for …
Correlates Of Compulsive Buying, Brittaney Benson-Townsend, N. Clayton Silver
Correlates Of Compulsive Buying, Brittaney Benson-Townsend, N. Clayton Silver
McNair Poster Presentations
Compulsive buying is a chronic issue for shoppers exacerbated by a nation obsessed with consumption. To predict compulsive buying behavior, a survey was administered to 283 college students in southern Nevada. The results suggested that the compulsive buyer exhibits am external consumer locus of control and purchases goods with the intent to increase social status or quell anxiety. Given that responsible financial behavior changes as a function of age, college students are particularly vulnerable to compulsive purchasing behavior, as it is exacerbated by irresponsible credit spending behaviors.