Get the GIST: Getting Information Skills Today

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Information literacy has become an educational priority that has directly influenced pedagogy and curriculum, from K-12 public schools to higher education. As learning institutions develop ways to deliver information literacy skills and concepts to students, an emphasis has been placed on measuring the effectiveness of such programs. For the first time at NC Wesleyan, information literacy will be assessed alongside of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, reading, writing, speaking, and ethical decision making.

The GIST program will be assessed in two ways: Standardized & Course - level assessments


Internal assessments come in various forms. Some of these types of assessment include:

Performance assessment, which asks students to demonstrate their skills rather than relate what they've learned through traditional tests, assignments, projects, performances, and term papers and other writing assignments.

Authentic assessments are a type of performance assessment. Authentic assessments "ask students to do real-life tasks, such as complete internships, analyzing case studies with real data, or conducting realistic laboratory experiments

Performance assessments have two components: the assignment or prompt that tells students what is expected of them and a scoring guide or rubric used to evaluate completed work.

Embedded Assessment: When program assessments are embedded into coursework. A paper that a student writes in an advanced course, for example, can give us information not only on what the student has learned in that particular course but also on the writing skills that she has developed over the entire program.

Suskie, L. (2004). Assessing Student Learning: a common sense guide. Anker Pub. San Francisco.

 

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