Assessing students’ information literacy skills in two secondary schools in Singapore

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Published Nov 17, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11645/6.2.1694

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Yun-ke Chang
Nanyang Technological University
Xue Zhang
Nanyang Technological University
Intan Azura Mokhtar
National Institute of Education
Schubert Foo
Nanyang Technological University
Shaheen Majid
Nanyang Technological University
Brendan Luyt
Nanyang Technological University
Yin-leng Theng
Nanyang Technological University

Abstract

Appropriately measuring information literacy skills is essential to understand their educational impact as well as exploring pedagogies to improve teaching of these skills. This paper reports findings of a baseline study to understand the information literacy level of secondary school students in Singapore. A comprehensive instrument encompassing a new dimension of ethical usage of information as well as major IL principles and guidelines was developed for data collection. A total of 298 responses were gathered through the online survey. The findings indicate that overall there was a scope to improve students’ IL skills. That stated, higher order IL skills (such as information use, synthesis, and evaluation) demand more attention, as comparatively lower levels of proficiency were observed in this study.

 

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CHANG, Yun-ke et al. Assessing students’ information literacy skills in two secondary schools in Singapore. Journal of Information Literacy, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 2, p. 19-34, nov. 2012. ISSN 1750-5968. Available at: <https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/PRA-V6-I2-2012-2>. Date accessed: 31 mar. 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.11645/6.2.1694.
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Keywords
information literacy; big 6; secondary schools; students; Singapore
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Vol 6 No 2 (2012)
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Research articles (peer-reviewed articles)
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