Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Source Evaluation: Supporting Undergraduate Student Research Development

The latest article in the open access journal ITLWTLP is:
Iris Jastram, Claudia Peterson and Emily Scharf (2021, 13 October). Source Evaluation: Supporting Undergraduate Student Research Development. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2021/source-evaluation/ "Each year since 2008, librarians at Carleton College read samples of sophomore writing as part of the Information Literacy in Student Writing project. The data captured through this project combined with our experiences in consultations and instruction sessions give us a richer understanding of undergraduate information literacy habits. We highlight two challenges for novices: evaluating and selecting sources, and understanding the purpose and methods of integrating sources into written work. We discuss the evidence that leads us to these conclusions and the methods we use to promote student development in these priority areas."
They provide a link to the project website, which includes the rubric they use in marking the work and their marking guidelines https://www.carleton.edu/library/help/research/librarians/infolit/projects/portfolios/

Photo by Sheila Webber: view from Chapelgate window, December 2021

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