Intended

Outcomes/Objectives

Assessment Criteria

Implementation

Procedures

1. Students will be able to formulate and articulate a research statement and devise appropriate research strategies

ENTRY LEVEL

ASSESSMENT:

Can student identify keywords in a research topic in order to proceed with bibliographic search?

ENTRY LEVEL:

Administer survey

EXIT LEVEL ASSESSMENT:

Re-survey to determine success in teaching/learning the concept

EXIT LEVEL:

Re-administer survey

POST-COURSE: Survey students in other core courses to determine, if they’ve taken LS101X, to what extent the course has helped them in research

2. Students will be capable of carrying out a bibliographic search to obtain and evaluate relevant information

ENTRY LEVEL ASSESSMENT:

A) Can student identify elements of a bibliographic record and journal citation to help them proceed with search?

B) Can student use the Web efficiently to retrieve information?

ENTRY LEVEL: Administer survey

EXIT LEVEL ASSESSMENT:

Re-survey to determine success in teaching/learning the concept.

EXIT LEVEL:

Re-administer survey

POST-COURSE: Survey students in other core courses to determine, if they’ve taken LS101X, to what extent the course has helped them in research

3. Students’ confidence in their ability to use library resources and research strategies will increase

ENTRY LEVEL ASSESSMENT:

Survey to evaluate level of confidence

ENTRY LEVEL:

Administer survey

EXIT LEVEL ASSESSMENT:

Re-survey and compare data

EXIT LEVEL:

Re-administer survey

POST-COURSE: Survey students in other core courses to determine, if they’ve taken LS101X, to what extent the course has helped them in research

--D.Stephens 5.16.00