RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of higher education students’ information problem-solving skills in educational sciences
A1 García, Consuelo
A1 Argelagós, Esther
A1 Privado Zamorano, Jesús
AB Many of the current tests that evaluate information problem-solving skills suffer from ecological validity weakness and from library-bias. The Procedural Information Problem-Solving Knowledge Evaluation in Education test (PIKE-E) aims to assess information problem-solving skills of college students in relation to an academic literature review task in educational sciences. It entails a confirmatory analysis of the PIKE-P test in which it is based. The PIKE-E was completed by 700 students from three different Spanish-speaking countries. In our research, we do not assume that information problem solving skills at the international and cultural level are equal, but Internet access is practically the same in Higher Education. Results show the existence of five first-order factors, Defining the research question, Search strategies planning, Searching and locating sources, Selecting and processing information and Organizing and presenting information, and a general single second-order factor, Information problem-solving, which coincide with contemporary theoretical models on information literacy. The PIKE-E can be used to tackle in which specific areas -concerning information skills development-, students entering education degrees need to improve to succeed in their studies.
PB Sage
SN 0266-6669
YR 2021
FD 2021-01-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128931
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/128931
LA eng
NO Garcia, C., Argelagós, E., & Privado, J. (2021). Assessment of higher education students’ information problem-solving skills in educational sciences. Information Development, 37(3), 359-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666920976189
DS Docta Complutense
RD 31 dic 2025