TY - JOUR
T1 - Setting them up for success
T2 - Assessing a pre-research assignment for first-year international students
AU - Avery, Susan
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is part of the program “Assessment in Action: Academic Librarians and Student Success,” which is undertaken by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in partnership with the Association for Institutional Research and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. The program, a cornerstone of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries initiative, is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Communications in Information Literacy. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - As the international student population continues to grow, librarians must adjust their instruction to meet the needs of students who are adapting to a new country, culture, and language. This study assesses first-year international students as they engage in the research process through the completion of concept maps that precede database searches. Librarians assessed concept maps of international students completed prior to information literacy instruction to better understand the difficulties they experienced defining research topics and identifying keywords and alternatives. The results of this assessment provide a deeper understanding of the challenges first-year international students face with creating search strategies. Ultimately, this study resulted in more meaningful relationships between librarians and English as a second language (ESL) instructors, and effective adaptations to ESL library instruction.
AB - As the international student population continues to grow, librarians must adjust their instruction to meet the needs of students who are adapting to a new country, culture, and language. This study assesses first-year international students as they engage in the research process through the completion of concept maps that precede database searches. Librarians assessed concept maps of international students completed prior to information literacy instruction to better understand the difficulties they experienced defining research topics and identifying keywords and alternatives. The results of this assessment provide a deeper understanding of the challenges first-year international students face with creating search strategies. Ultimately, this study resulted in more meaningful relationships between librarians and English as a second language (ESL) instructors, and effective adaptations to ESL library instruction.
KW - International students
KW - Library instruction
KW - Research process
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U2 - 10.15760/comminfolit.2017.11.2.5
DO - 10.15760/comminfolit.2017.11.2.5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041926788
SN - 1933-5954
VL - 11
SP - 324
EP - 338
JO - Communications in Information Literacy
JF - Communications in Information Literacy
IS - 2
ER -