Assessment of Students Information Literacy and Information Fluency Competency: A Case Study in Japan

Eiko Takaoka

Assessment of Students Information Literacy and Information Fluency Competency: A Case Study in Japan

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This paper describes the assessment of the competency of students’ information literacy and information fluency in order to obtain the levels of university student competency in Japan. As the results, a significant difference occurred between pre-and post-tests for all courses. The difference indicates that the students’ skill improved through these courses. In addition, although year-to-year differences occurred, no overall trend was seen. For mixed-year courses, no difference occurred in the school year. The result of the investigation about difficult fields for students to understand revealed that students tend not to understand accurate definitions of technical terms and lack net manners regarding sending email. The results will contribute to the course design of an information fluency course in the future.

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Eiko Takaoka. 2014. "Assessment of Students Information Literacy and Information Fluency Competency: A Case Study in Japan". Global Journal of Research in Engineering - J: General Engineering GJRE-J Volume 14 (GJRE Volume 14 Issue J3).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/gjre

Print ISSN 0975-5861

e-ISSN 2249-4596

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a significant difference occurred investigation about difficult fields for students results technical terms and lack net manners regarding sending

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GJRE-J Classification FOR Code: 291899

Submission ReceivedDecember 9, 2013
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Accepted January 1, 2014
Published January 15, 2014

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