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Data Quality Procedures in Survey Research: An Analysis and Framework for Doctoral Program Curricula
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Direct linkBurleson, James; Bott, Gregory J.; Carter, Michelle; Sarabadani, Jalal – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
To ensure validity in survey research, it is imperative that we properly educate doctoral students on best practices in data quality procedures. A 14-year analysis of 679 studies in the AIS "Basket of 8" journals noted undercommunication in the most pertinent procedures, consistent across journals and time. Given recent calls for…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Surveys
Download full textHuang, Kun; Law, Victor; Ge, Xun; Hu, Ling; Chen, Yan – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2019
Students today routinely conduct research in the digital world to solve problems in daily life and in learning tasks. Although research to date has proposed different models to describe the processes of information problem solving (IPS), little is known about the cognitive patterns demonstrated in the processes, particularly the iterative nature…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Student Research
Anderson, Laurel J.; Dosch, Jerald J.; Lindquist, Erin S.; McCay, Timothy S.; Machado, Jose-Luis; Kuers, Karen; Gartner, Tracy B.; Shea, Kathleen L.; Mankiewicz, Carol; Rodgers, Vikki L.; Saunders, Patricia A.; Urban, Rebecca A.; Kilgore, Jason S.; Powell, Amanda S.; Ramage, Benjamin S.; Steinweg, J. Megan; Straub, Jacob N.; Bunnell, Sarah L.; Witkovsky-Eldred, Marissa – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Multisite, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) were assessed for impacts on student learning of collaborative science skills using a survey that could serve as a starting point for a validated assessment instrument for multisite CUREs. Pretests/posttests were administered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Cooperation, Science Process Skills
Hall, Anna H.; Matthew Boyer, D.; Beschorner, Elizabeth A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
This article describes a dual-case study that was conducted to examine the effects of The Tools Approach on kindergarten students' use of and interest in informational text. Children in one teacher's kindergarten classroom during two subsequent years participated in a writing intervention which included learning about text features, conducting…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Use Studies, Nonfiction, Case Studies
Kelly, Darlene Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2018
To prepare nursing students for the changing landscape in healthcare the incorporation of information literacy skills is necessary. The research suggests that nursing students have difficulty locating and using online resources and that the inability further impede their ability to effectively use online resources in professional practice. Studies…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Information Skills, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
Hall, Anna H. – Reading Teacher, 2016
There is a growing awareness that reading and writing informational texts are important skills for functioning successfully in our current society. Informational texts provide purposeful and authentic reasons for reading and writing while enhancing children's vocabulary knowledge and content understanding. This article describes The Tools…
Descriptors: Information Skills, Student Research, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Bence-Fekete, Andrea – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2017
The development and modification of learning skills did not follow the boom of the other areas. In the teaching materials verbal knowledge is still the most significant, which does not require thinking and creativity from the students during acquisition; what more, sometimes even the pedagogues do not like those students, who apply unique…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Research Skills, Student Research, Research Methodology
Clark, Joe C.; Johnstone, Jennifer – College & Research Libraries, 2018
This article examines the mindset and process of undergraduate music majors conducting research in their discipline. While working with students in a writing-intensive music history class, the authors conducted several surveys, focus groups, and task-based assessments. Results indicated that most were overconfident in their research abilities,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Music Education, Information Seeking, Writing Exercises
Wang, Rui – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore a conceptual approach to assessment for one-shot library instruction. This study develops a new assessment instrument based on Carol Kuhlthau's information search process (ISP) model. The new instrument focuses on measuring and identifying changes in student readiness to do research along three…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Learning Readiness, Student Research, Cognitive Processes
Crist, Courtney A.; Duncan, Susan E.; Bianchi, Laurie M. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2017
A Wiki research project was created in the Functional Foods for Health (FST/HNFE 2544) as an instructional tool and assignment for improving undergraduate students' proficiency in evaluating appropriate information sources for rapidly evolving science and research. The project design targeted improving students' information literacy skills…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Food, Information Sources, Information Literacy
Shannon, Amanda; Shannon, Vaughn – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
We test whether and how well the presence of an embedded librarian improves the quality of student research. Students in introductory-level courses tend to have very low levels of research skills and experience. Though faculty are frustrated by this lack of skills, both students and faculty tend to have only a peripheral knowledge of the role…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Skills, Librarians, Political Science
Stegman, Bridget – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2014
For 21st century learning, students need to be well versed in techniques for inquiry using new literacies. Developing these skills also will meet the rigorous expectations of the Common Core State Standards.
Descriptors: State Standards, Inquiry, Multiple Literacies, Technology Uses in Education
Marsee, Mickey; Davies-Wilson, Dennis – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2014
In looking for ways to combine course content literacy and information literacy with active learning, in 2007, the English Department and Library at The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos combined efforts and created a course project for students to curate exhibits that would demonstrate their understanding of course material through library…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Academic Persistence
Lowe, M. Sara; Booth, Char; Tagge, Natalie; Stone, Sean – Communications in Information Literacy, 2014
The Claremont Colleges Library Instruction Services Department developed a quiz that could be integrated into the consortial learning management software to accompany a local online, open-source information literacy tutorial. The quiz is integrated into individual course pages, allowing students to receive a grade for completion and improving…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Tests, Integrated Curriculum, Database Management Systems
Little, Hannah Byrd – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Why is it important to prove that school libraries add value to the school program? The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 20 percent of U.S. public schools lack a full or part-time certified librarian (NCES 2013). In California the ratio of certified school librarians to students is 1:7,374 (California Department of Education…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Practices, School Libraries, Library Role
