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Evaluation. Agenda. Evaluation Lecture Assessment and Evaluation Types of Assessment Libraries and Evaluation Assessment Strategies Self Assessment and Competence Fluency Assessment and Evaluation IL Models and Evaluation. Assessment Measure of competence
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Agenda • Evaluation Lecture • Assessment and Evaluation • Types of Assessment • Libraries and Evaluation • Assessment Strategies • Self Assessment and Competence • Fluency Assessment and Evaluation • IL Models and Evaluation
Assessment Measure of competence Often expressed via a rubric or continuum Evaluation Use of assessment tools to audit a program Includes action strategies for improvement Assessment and Evaluation
Rubric My paragraph included three facts from my research. Not quite Almost there Way to go! I used a variety of resources to gather facts. Not quite Almost there Way to go! My research was presented in paragraph form. Not quite Almost there Way to go!
Types of Assessment • Placement • Diagnostic • Formative • Summative Remember it can be formal or informal
Libraries and Evaluation • Evaluation of instructional session • Evaluation of the librarian • Evaluation of student learning • Evaluation of the library program
Assessment Strategies • Tests • Degree of Competency (Rubric) • Portfolio assessment • Surveys • Circulation and Use Statistics • Reflection and evaluation
Self-Assessment of Competence • Above-average effect – Failure to recognize poor performance leads to assumption of strong performance • False-consensus effect – “Everyone can do this;” underestimate one’s abilities Justin Kruger and David Dunning, “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 77 (1999): 1121-1135.
Assessment Example Question: How do you rate your knowledge of PowerPoint? • Expert 2 • Intermediate 7 • Beginner 8 • Novice 5 • Unknown 8
Being Fluent in the Library • Skills • Input information into the interface • Concepts • Keyword versus subject searching • Capabilities • Refining search results What else?
What do all these things have in common? (The right word?) • Kuhlthau • Assessing the Process • Eisenberg • Evaluation or Review • Irving • Evaluating • Pitts and Stripling • Evaluate evidence
Discussion • What assessments do you prefer as a student? • What kinds of assessments would you want to use as an instructor? • What information about the student would you like to have? • What about different information literacy situations?