Evaluating Information Skill in Secondary School Students as a Contributor in Competency Based Education

Autor/inn/en	Yousaf, Amna; Akhter, Mumtaz
Titel	Evaluating Information Skill in Secondary School Students as a Contributor in Competency Based Education
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Education and Research, 40 (2018) 1, S.1-10 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0555-7747
Schlagwörter	Information Skills; Secondary School Students; Competency Based Education; Metacognition; Foreign Countries; Student Evaluation; Knowledge Level; Information Seeking; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Sekundarschüler; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Ausland; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Wissensbasis; Informationserschließung
Abstract	Information skill is known as a metacognitive ability. It is considered as an ability to understand the need of information, ways and sources to attain that information. It is considered to be a mandatory attribute for young learners now a days. In this era of goal oriented education, students are expected to learn this kind of skill to compete in challenging professional life. In Pakistan, competency based curriculum had been introduced and implemented in 2007. Students were assumed to be equipped with this modern skill. Major purpose of this study was to evaluate this skill in secondary school students. Instrument used for the purpose of data collection was adapted from Information literacy skills continuum, kindergarten-grade 12 (1998). Data were collected from the secondary school students of science, arts and computer science. Collected data was analyzed through SPSS by using descriptive statistics. Results of the study showed that students were fully aware of information skill and they showed capability to use it. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01