Evidence-based instruction: Assessing student work using rubrics and citation analysis to inform instructional design

Journal of Information Literacy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-90

  Carbery, Alan ^a   Leahy, Sean ^a  

^a CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Authentic assessment; Citation analysis; Higher education; Information literacy; Instructional design; Performance outcomes; Rubric based assessment; Undergraduate students; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932605543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17505968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11645/9.1.1980     Document Type: Article

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