Using a targeted rubric to deepen direct assessment of college students' abilities to evaluate the credibility of sources

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-43

  Daniels, Erin ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Freshman; Information literacy; Rubrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649126386     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691310903584767     Document Type: Article

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