{"id":1984,"date":"2017-09-28T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?page_id=1984"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:59:45","slug":"information-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/assessments-by-learning-goal\/information-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information Literacy<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong><em>All UCORE courses require students to demonstrate designator learning outcomes that advance <a href=\"https:\/\/daesa.wsu.edu\/undergraduate-learning-goals\/#information-literacy\">WSU&#8217;s Information Literacy Learning Goal<\/a>, totaling a minimum of 34 credit hours in UCORE-designated courses that include instruction and\/or engagement with Information Literacy (see the <a href=\"\/assessment\/documents\/2017\/04\/map_ucore-requirements-and-7-learning-goals.pdf\">UCORE Curriculum Map (PDF)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"\/faculty\/the-ucore-curriculum\/\">UCORE Curriculum webpages<\/a>). <\/em><\/strong>At the first-year level, the first-year experience course [ROOT] and foundational requirements advance Information Literacy. At the senior-level, the senior capstone experience course [CAPS] advances Information Literacy. Students also complete ways of knowing requirements, which advance Information Literacy, during the UCORE curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Announced in May 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/2022\/05\/03\/ucore-committee-approves-revised-student-learning-outcomes\/\">revised designator learning outcomes<\/a>&nbsp;were approved by the UCORE Committee to help clarify what students, regardless of major, should be able to know and do upon the successful completion of a course in that designator. Additionally, effective Fall 2023,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/2022\/10\/18\/wsu-adds-equity-and-justice-designation-to-general-education-curriculum\/\">UCORE added the [EQJS] designator<\/a>&nbsp;to the \u201cWays of Knowing\u201d component of the curriculum, with the requirement that students complete courses in at least six of the seven Ways of Knowing designators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Evidence of Student Learning Related to Information Literacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\"><em>Click on the headings for current evidence of student learning from key assessments associated with Information Literacy in the context of the UCORE curriculum:<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__37805\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__37805\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/09\/08\/student-achievement-of-caps-designator-learning-outcomes-ay-2024-25-caps-assessment-results\/\">Student Achievement of [CAPS] Designator Learning Outcomes: AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a0AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that\u00a087% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level\u00a0on the designator learning outcome associated with\u00a0Integrative Learning. Additionally,\u00a084%\u00a0of students met or exceeded expectations for\u00a0Information Literacy. In courses where instructors evaluated student learning on additional applicable learning [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__62045\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__62045\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/10\/08\/information-literacy-and-written-communication-achievement-in-first-year-experience-root-courses-ay-2024-25-root-assessment-results\/\">Information Literacy and Written Communication Achievement in First-Year Experience [ROOT] Courses: AY 2024-25 [ROOT] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a0AY 2024-25 [ROOT] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that, on average,\u00a071% of students met or exceeded expectations\u00a0on the [ROOT] designator learning outcome performance criteria associated with\u00a0Information Literacy. Additionally, on average,\u00a081% of students met or exceeded expectations\u00a0on the designator learning outcome performance criteria associated with\u00a0Written Communication. UCORE\u2019s [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__23344\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Scientific Inquiry [BSCI]\/[PSCI]\u00a0Assessment<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__23344\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2024\/11\/27\/assessing-student-learning-in-scientific-inquiry-courses-ay-2023-24-bsci-psci-assessment-results\/\">Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the&nbsp;AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that that&nbsp;72% of students met or exceeded expectations&nbsp;on the designator learning outcomes associated with&nbsp;Scientific Literacy. Additionally,&nbsp;66%&nbsp;of students met or exceeded expectations for&nbsp;Quantitative Reasoning,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Critical Thinking,&nbsp;67%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Information Literacy,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Written Communication, and&nbsp;71%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Breadth of Learning. Inquiry in the Biological Sciences [BSCI] and Inquiry in [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__73372\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__73372\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2020\/02\/19\/student-learning-at-the-first-year-and-senior-level-2019-national-survey-of-student-engagement-nsse-results\/\">Student Learning at the First-Year and Senior Level: 2019 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a02019 National Survey of Student Engagement Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), results from the 2019 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) indicate that nearly all WSU seniors responding to NSSE have considerable confidence in their ability to complete tasks requiring\u00a0critical thinking (94%) and creative thinking (93%). 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