1. Assessing Information Literacy Skills for Targeted Instruction
Presented by
Darcy Caron, M.Ed, MLIS
Gyeonggi Suwon International School

2. Information Literacy Standards

3. Welcome to TRAILS
Developed and provided by Kent State University Libraries

4. How TRAILS Works Directions to create an account;
create and manage assessment sessions

5. Steps to Using TRAILS

6. How TRAILS Works Directions to create an account;
create and manage assessment sessions
Preview of assessment questions
for grades 6 and 9

7. Sample Items Questions are formatted as multiple choice
Questions can be ordered or randomized

8. How TRAILS Works Directions to create an account;
create and manage assessment sessions
Defines each assessment category
Preview of assessment questions
for grades 6 and 9

9. Information Literacy Categories
Develop topic
Identify potential sources
Develop, use, and revise research strategies
Evaluate sources and information
Recognize how to use information responsibly, ethically, and legally

10. Information Literacy Develop Topic
Develop focus
Recognize the hierarchical relationships of broader and narrower topics.
Identify individuals to help you focus a topic.
Identify manageable topics based on the parameters of an assignment.

11. Information Literacy Identify Potential Sources
Understand the types of containers in which information is housed (ex: different types of libraries, books, databases, online catalogs, primary sources, etc.) and the types of information that can be found within each type of container.
Understand the roles and limitations of differing types of information sources (encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, etc.) and finding tools (research databases, online catalogs, bibliographic citations, people, etc.).
Select the most productive information sources and finding tools to address a given information need.

12. Information Literacy Develop, Use, & Revise Search Strategies
Understand how to use a given type of information container in order to retrieve information (ex: index and table of contents in a book, an online catalog, etc.).
Select search terms.
Develop a search strategy for the topic appropriate to a given finding tool.
Understand how to use Boolean operators.
Revise search strategies when too few, too many, or irrelevant results are returned.

13. Information Literacy Evaluate Sources of Information
Recognize bias.
Differentiate between fact and opinion.
Determine the accuracy, authority, coverage, currency, and relevancy of information and/or information sources.

14. Information Literacy Use Information Responsibly, Ethically, and Legally
Recognize how to paraphrase correctly.
Understand the concept of intellectual property (especially copyright, fair use, and plagiarism).
Understand the concept of intellectual freedom.
Create bibliographies and parenthetical citations according to an appropriate style manual.

15. TRAILS alignment with Standards for the 21st Century Learner

16. Account Information
Name session, choose the assessment, assign student codes, close sessions

17. Create and Manage Sessions

18. Available Assessments
Assessments available for
grade 3 (15 questions)
grade 6 (20 questions)
grade 9 (25 questions)
grade 12 (30 questions)
Expanded View includes the IL category and correlations to the standards

19. Example Question Assessment 1 Example Question Assessment 2
General Assessments 1 & 2
Example Question Assessment 1
General Assessment #1
tests basic knowledge of information literacy
Example Question Assessment 2
General Assessment #2
tests application of information literacy

20. General Assessment Student View

21. General Assessment Expanded View

22. Content Assessment Student View

23. Assessment Reports

24. Assessment Reports

25. Assessment Reports
Student results are imported into an Excel spreadsheet from a CSV file.

26. Information Literacy Strengths & Weaknesses

27. Information Literacy GSIS Strengths & Weaknesses
Grade Level
# of Students
Overall %
TRAILS Information Literacy Categories
Develop Topic
Identify Sources
Develop Search Strategies
Evaluate Sources
Use Info Responsibly 12 13 53 51 56 42 67 50 9
115 49 43 55 47 6 59 66 52 63 3
Strength
Weakness