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Integration of information and scientific literacy: promoting literacy in undergraduates.

ABSTRACT: The Association of College and Research Libraries recommends incorporating information literacy (IL) skills across university and college curricula, for the goal of developing information literate graduates. Congruent with this goal, the Departments of Biological Sciences and Information Science developed an integrated IL and scientific literacy (SL) exercise for use in a first-year biology course. Students were provided the opportunity to access, retrieve, analyze, and evaluate primary scientific literature. By the completion of this project, student responses improved concerning knowledge and relevance of IL and SL skills. This project exposes students to IL and SL early in their undergraduate experience, preparing them for future academic advancement.

SUBMITTER: Porter JA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995771 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integration of information and scientific literacy: promoting literacy in undergraduates.

Porter Jason A JA Wolbach Kevin C KC Purzycki Catherine B CB Bowman Leslie A LA Agbada Eva E Mostrom Alison M AM

CBE life sciences education 20100101 4

The Association of College and Research Libraries recommends incorporating information literacy (IL) skills across university and college curricula, for the goal of developing information literate graduates. Congruent with this goal, the Departments of Biological Sciences and Information Science developed an integrated IL and scientific literacy (SL) exercise for use in a first-year biology course. Students were provided the opportunity to access, retrieve, analyze, and evaluate primary scientif ...[more]

PMID: 21123700

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Integration of information and scientific literacy: promoting literacy in undergraduates.

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Integration of information and scientific literacy: promoting literacy in undergraduates.

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