Course Specific Research Support for WR 115: Home

The purpose of this page is to: highlight curriculum where information literacy instruction & support are expected; connect relevant librarian created content & tools; map information literacy related course outcomes to state & national standards

Introduction to College Composition course outcomes related to information literacy

Other indicators of required inquiry and use of information sources

From the Course Activities and Design:

  • High stakes writing for an (imagined or real) audience, i.e., rhetorical projects that have undergone revision and editing (examples include traditional essays, editorials, annotated bibliographies, mixed media presentations)

  • Library Orientation with a librarian

From the Outcome Assessment Strategies:

INQUIRE:

  • Develop a research question.
  • Use key information literacy concepts to guide inquiry.
  • Evaluate sources of information.
  • Find and analyze information.

CONNECT:

  • Provide context for their own and others’ ideas.
  • Use evidence and illustration.
  • Distinguish between others’ ideas and their own.

REFLECT:

  • Articulate and reflect on their own search process.

Students' ability to inquire may be assessed by the followring:

  • Research Notes

From the Course Content:

  • Reflection/Metacognition
  • Information literacy

 

Oregon Association of School Libraries

Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum

Courses Instructional Stages Student's Developmental Stage

 

Connecting to 
College

1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided.

 

WR 90

Information Seeking

2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it.

WR 115

Information
Literacy Skills

3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin  informational research.

 

WR 121Z
WR121HZ

 

Academic or Career/
Technical Related

4. I evaluate the sources I have found for relevancy to my field, and I know who some of the experts are.

WR 122Z
WR 122HZ
WR 227Z
Inquiry and Exploration for
Research

5. I can identify pro- and con-positions on a topic. I can identify the perspectives of various experts in a field.

WR 123
WR 222
Discipline- or Area
of Study Specific

6. I can support my position on an issue with evidence. I can accurately summarize the scholarly or professional conversation.

 

Research Guide

Library Tutorials

Additional librarian created content and tools

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

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To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger