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Evaluating University Students’ Information Literacy: An Approach from Task-Based Test Execution

Abstract:

The results of a research whose main objective was to evaluate the information literacy (IL) of the students of the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí - ULEAM are presented- through an instrument that measures the informational literacy shown by the execution of tasks at predetermined time intervals. It is a study with a quantitative approach and a descriptive scope that uses the survey as a data collection technique from a stratified randomly selected sample. The survey was designed and subsequently validated through two procedures: value judgment by experts and pilot testing to a group of 10 students. The survey was applied to a sample of 375 students during a period of 11 days. The results showed a low (3.55) IL for the studied group, with the students being more proficient at the information search skill. The competence results evidenced in the test tasks were similar to the self-perceived competence carried out in a previous study.