Title
Assessing the Research Process Improves the Product: Results of a Faculty-Librarian Collaboration
Roles
Margaret E. Flora: Class of 2013
Joseph W. Miller: Class of 2013
Document Type
Conference Material
Publication Date
2013
Department 1
Education
Department 2
Library
Abstract
When an education professor and a reference librarian sought to improve the quality of undergraduate student research, their partnership led to a new focus on assessing the research process in addition to the product. In this study, we reflect on our collaborative experience introducing information literacy as the foundation for undergraduate teacher education research. We examine the outcomes of this collaboration, focusing on the assessment of the process. Using a mixed methods approach, we found that direct instruction supporting effective research strategies positively impacted student projects. Our data also suggest that undergraduate students benefit from not only sound research strategies, but also organization strategies.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Stebick, Divonna M.; Wertzberger, Janelle L.; Flora, Margaret E.; and Miller, Joseph W., "Assessing the Research Process Improves the Product: Results of a Faculty-Librarian Collaboration" (2013). Education Faculty Publications. 6.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/edfac/6
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Library and Information Science Commons
Comments
Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, April 29, 2013 in San Francisco.
This paper was later published in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, March 2015. It is also available in The Cupola here.