A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College
Information literacy is an essential proficiency for success in academic studies, yet many first-year students find it hard to use information sources efficiently and to develop academic information literacy. This study reports findings from first-year students' self-estimation of their informa...
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| author | Efrat Pieterse Riki Greenberg Zahava Santo |
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| description | Information literacy is an essential proficiency for success in academic studies, yet many first-year students find it hard to use information sources efficiently and to develop academic information literacy. This study reports findings from first-year students' self-estimation of their information skills according to two information literacy models (Shapiro & Hughes, 1996; Ng, 2012) and presents interesting insights on the differences between the multicultural and multilingual student groups in the study’s population. The researchers found that Hebrew-native speaking students preferred digital sources while Hebrew as second language (Arabic-speaking) students preferred printed sources, and both groups ranked their technological and information literacy skills as above average. The study supports previous research on Arabic-speaking students’ need for more mediation in the dimensions of information literacy examined compared to Hebrew-speaking students, despite no significant difference in access to the internet at home and self-assessment of their general computing skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-098ebceef23e4d9e8562791280da2eb82022-12-22T00:48:09ZengCommunications in Information LiteracyCommunications in Information Literacy1933-59542018-12-0112210712710.15760/comminfolit.2018.12.2.4A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli CollegeEfrat Pieterse0Riki Greenberg1Zahava Santo2Western Galilee CollegeHaifa University and Bar-Ilan UniversityWestern Galilee CollegeInformation literacy is an essential proficiency for success in academic studies, yet many first-year students find it hard to use information sources efficiently and to develop academic information literacy. This study reports findings from first-year students' self-estimation of their information skills according to two information literacy models (Shapiro & Hughes, 1996; Ng, 2012) and presents interesting insights on the differences between the multicultural and multilingual student groups in the study’s population. The researchers found that Hebrew-native speaking students preferred digital sources while Hebrew as second language (Arabic-speaking) students preferred printed sources, and both groups ranked their technological and information literacy skills as above average. The study supports previous research on Arabic-speaking students’ need for more mediation in the dimensions of information literacy examined compared to Hebrew-speaking students, despite no significant difference in access to the internet at home and self-assessment of their general computing skills.https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27571Information literacy; higher education; multicultural students; Israel; multilingual students |
| spellingShingle | Efrat Pieterse Riki Greenberg Zahava Santo A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College Communications in Information Literacy Information literacy; higher education; multicultural students; Israel; multilingual students |
| title | A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College |
| title_full | A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College |
| title_fullStr | A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College |
| title_short | A Multicultural Approach to Digital Information Literacy Skills Evaluation in an Israeli College |
| title_sort | multicultural approach to digital information literacy skills evaluation in an israeli college |
| topic | Information literacy; higher education; multicultural students; Israel; multilingual students |
| url | https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27571 |
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