title: Student information literacy: psychometric validation of a self-efficacy report.
abstract: Psychometric characteristics of the Student Information Literacy Self-efficacy Report based on responses from 498 students ages 9 to 12 years are reported. Students report their self-efficacy (confidence and difficulty) in 11 different phases of being information literate, i.e., developing a topic, planning, self-management, locating sources, selecting sources, retrieving information, analysing information, evaluating information, synthesising knowledge, presenting knowledge, and self-evaluation using a positively packed rating scale. The data were strongly internally consistent (Cronbach alpha=.95) with a test-retest reliability of .78. The 11 phases, factors measured by a matching pair of self-efficacy questions, were confirmed (chi2=529.68; df= 198; RMSEA =.058; TLI=.940). Ratings were correlated low with teachers' ratings and test scores of information literacy skills and moderately correlated with academic self-concept. The test provides unique information about students' self-efficacy for information literacy. Its use in classrooms is warranted.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, NZ. gt.brown@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Gavin T L
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D048088:Informatics; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires