SAILS, take 2: an exploration of the "Build your own test" standardized IL testing option for Canadian institutions

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Rumi Y.
dc.contributor.authorEva, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorCowan, Sandra A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T17:27:52Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T17:27:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionOpen accessen_US
dc.description.abstractSeveral standardized and validated information literacy (IL) tests have been developed for use in U.S. post-secondary contexts, but fewer choices exist for schools outside of the U.S. In an earlier study (Cowan, Graham, & Eva, 2016) the authors explored IL testing at a Canadian university using the international version of the SAILS Cohort test. This article describes a second study that used the Build Your Own Test (BYOT)—a customizable version of the SAILS Individual Scores test—to evaluate undergraduate students’ IL learning. Pros and cons of using the Cohort and BYOT versions of SAILS are discussed, with the aim of providing guidance for other schools interested in pursuing such testing. The authors found the BYOT allowed them to better gauge the extent to which individual students’ IL ability levels changed over the course of one term.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationGraham, R. Y., Eva, N., & Cowan, S. A. (2018). SAILS, take 2: an exploration of the "Build your own test" standardized IL testing option for Canadian institutions. Communications in Information Literacy, 12(1), 19-35. Retrieved from https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit/vol12/iss1/3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5159
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCommunications in Information Literacyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLibraryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectInformation literacyen_US
dc.subjectStandardized testsen_US
dc.subjectSAILSen_US
dc.subjectCanadian institutionsen_US
dc.subjectLiberal educationen_US
dc.subjectUndergraduate studentsen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Humanistic
dc.subject.lcshUndergraduates
dc.subject.lcshInformation literacy--Ability testing
dc.subject.lcshInformation literacy--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation
dc.titleSAILS, take 2: an exploration of the "Build your own test" standardized IL testing option for Canadian institutionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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