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Information literacy capabilities of lower secondary school students in Slovenia

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  • Kosta Dolenc
  • Andrej Šorgo

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The focus of the paper is on the study of differences between information literacy (IL) capabilities and IL self-assessment among Slovenian lower secondary school students. A total of 229 students coming from eight urban and suburban schools answered the tests. The shortened Information Literacy Test (ILT-B) used in this study contained selection of 14 multiple-choice questions relevant to lower secondary students. Each question follows a question on its difficulty level on 1 to 5 scale. The results show that the students perceive themselves as above average, whether the ILT showed only average IL skills. The results confirm the Dunning-Krueger effect, whereby unskilled individuals overestimate their abilities, while skilled individuals underestimate their achievements. Another counterintuitive result was that students who were online longer had lower IL knowledge but a higher opinion of it. Based on the results of the study we can conclude students should be explicitly taught IL skills and corresponding behavior.

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  • Kosta Dolenc & Andrej Šorgo, 2020. "Information literacy capabilities of lower secondary school students in Slovenia," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 113(5), pages 335-342, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:113:y:2020:i:5:p:335-342
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2020.1825209
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