This assessment rubric was created by members of the 2014-2015 Faculty Learning Community on Information Literacy Assessment after gathering faculty input via a survey, focus group, and discussion at a symposium on assessment.
This rubric may undergo modifications as it is piloted in the coming academic year.
Definition of Terms
Information Literacy
Information literacy is the knowledge and skills developed to find, evaluate, synthesize, and use information to communicate ideas clearly.
Information Need
Ability to identify a focused research question and/or requirements of an assignment and identify the types of information that will be useful for answering said question and/or assignment
Appropriate Information
Information that is relevant, valid, and credible for fulfilling an information need (ex. peer-reviewed sources for a literature review)
Search Strategies
Strategies, keywords, tools used, etc. within a database to search for and locate information sources
Proper Attribution
Quoting and paraphrasing with appropriate citations to give credit to original authors
Integrated Information
Information that the student has understood, summarized, and synthesized in order to fulfill information need
Social Construction of Information Sources
Understanding that information sources are created within a social context and reflect certain biases, cultural assumptions, and underlying power structures
Communication
Communication of integrated information can take many forms including, but not limited to, written forms, multimedia presentations, and oral communications
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Description: Information literacy is the knowledge and skills developed to find, evaluate, synthesize, and use information to communicate ideas clearly. |
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Criteria |
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3 |
2 |
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Know where to find appropriate information |
Understands that there are multiple resources for finding information (databases, open web, books, interviews, videos, etc.) and understands that the appropriateness of information sources is dependent on information need Knowledge of major sources of information for major discipline/ scholarly work |
Understands that there are several types of resources for finding information, and beginning understanding of appropriateness of sources is based on information need Knowledge of some sources of information for major discipline/scholarly work |
Beginning understanding that there are multiple types of resources for finding information and shows minimal understanding that the appropriateness of a source is based on information need Minimal knowledge of sources of information for major discipline/scholarly work |
Lacks understanding that there are a variety of potentially appropriate sources for locating information Lacks knowledge of core sources of information for major discipline/ scholarly work |
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Ability to find appropriate information |
Demonstrates sophisticated ability to effectively search for information and evaluate relevance of found sources |
Demonstrates adequate ability to search for information and some ability to evaluate relevance of found sources |
Demonstrates limited ability to effectively search for information and limited skill in evaluating relevance of found sources |
Lacks the ability to effectively search for information and lacks ability to evaluate relevance of sources |
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Critically evaluate information |
Demonstrates sophisticated ability to evaluate information through the use of evaluation criteria to determine quality of information in context of information need |
Demonstrates adequate ability to evaluate information through the use of evaluation criteria to determine quality of information in context of information need |
Demonstrates limited ability to evaluate information through the use of evaluation criteria to determine quality of information in context of information need |
Lacks the demonstrated ability to apply evaluation criteria to found information sources |
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Interpret and synthesize information |
Demonstrates sophisticated ability to understand, summarize, integrate, and apply information in context |
Demonstrates adequate ability to understand, summarize, integrate, and apply information in context |
Demonstrates limited ability to understand, summarize, integrate, and apply information in context |
Lacks ability to understand, summarize, integrate, and apply information in context. |
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Communicate information with proper attribution |
Demonstrates sophisticated ability to communicate the integrated information with proper attribution |
Demonstrates adequate ability to communicate the integrated information with proper attribution |
Demonstrates limited ability to communicate integrated information with proper attribution |
Lacks ability to communicate the integrated information with proper attribution. |
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Recognize social construction of information sources |
Shows awareness of the socially constructive nature of information sources. |
Shows some awareness of the socially constructive nature of information sources |
Somes limited awareness of the socially constructive nature of information sources |
Lacks awareness of the constructive nature of information sources. |
