Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Disciplines
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Information Literacy | Library and Information Science
Abstract
Purpose: This paper demonstrates how the author’s library was able to enhance the collaborative learning and teaching environment, with secondary goals to improve teaching effectiveness and increase sharing among librarians of ideas and techniques used in First Year Student sessions.
Design/methodology/approach: This paper describes the various measures of assessment (peer-to-peer, student feedback and self-reflection) that the College of St. Benedict (CSB) and St. John’s University (SJU) Libraries implemented in 2011. The methods were used to improve teaching by listening to peers, getting feedback from students and by also doing self-reflection. Many librarians were able to make changes that were beneficial to their teaching sessions.
Findings: The outcome allowed librarians to incorporate new ideas into their own instruction sessions; re-evaluate teaching methods based on student feedback; and, to realize that self-assessment was beneficial. More importantly, it led to the development of Learning Goals for First Year Students.
Copyright Statement
This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/library_pubs/5). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Recommended Citation
Gewirtz, Sarah, "Evaluating an Instruction Program with Various Assessment Measures" (2014). Libraries Staff Publications. 5.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/library_pubs/5
Comments
This is the author's pre-refereed text of an article subsequently published as Sarah Gewirtz. (2014) "Evaluating an Instruction Program with Various Assessment Measures." Reference Services Review 42:1. doi: 10.1108/RSR-03-2013-0019