Formative assessment: Transforming information literacy instruction

Reference Services Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-41

  Dunaway, Michelle Kathleen ^a   Orblych, Michael Teague ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Information literacy; Learning; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551651180     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907321111108097     Document Type: Article

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