id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16325 Latham, Don; Gross, Melissa Instructional Preferences of First-Year College Students with Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: A Focus Group Study 2013-09-01 20 .pdf application/pdf 12575 512 48 In a subsequent study, they found that college students describe themselves as competent at finding and evaluating information but reported difficulties in determining what kind of information is needed and how much.14 Studies using more objective measures of information literacy skills suggest that students may not be as competent as they report. Discussion Self-generated vs. Imposed Information- seeking Experiences Students were asked about their in- formation-seeking experiences in both self-generated and imposed tasks for the purpose of (a) orienting them to the topic of information skills and (b) eliciting responses that could then be compared to the findings from the interviews, which focused on students’ perceptions of and experiences with information literacy. cache/crl-16325.pdf txt/crl-16325.txt