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The Effectiveness Of Information Literacy Instruction At St. Cloud State University: A Lesson In Situated Cognition, Jennifer C. Hill
The Effectiveness Of Information Literacy Instruction At St. Cloud State University: A Lesson In Situated Cognition, Jennifer C. Hill
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In 2006 The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article describing a study completed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). ETS estimated that only 13% of incoming freshman students were information literate. Studies by Mittermeyer (2005), Wassman (2000), and the Intersegmenatl Committee of the Academic Senates of the California Community Colleges (2002) confirm this diagnosis. Information literacy speaks to the skills of finding, evaluating, and presenting information. Indeed, these skills are crucial in the information age. This paper sought to discover if the for-credit undergraduate information literacy courses (Information Media [IM] 104 and 204) at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) …