Combining self-assessments and achievement tests in information literacy assessment: empirical results and recommendations for practice

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 740-754

  Rosman, Tom ^a   Mayer, Anne Kathrin ^a   Krampen, Günter ^a  

^a Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID)   (Germany)

Author keywords

achievement test; information literacy; self assessments; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027919282     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.950554     Document Type: Article

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