Open AccessThe Improvement of Student's Information Literacy Based on the Association of College and Reseach Libraries (ACRL) using Empowering 8
Author(s) -
Alpin Herman Saputra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of emerging issues in early childhood education (ijeiece)/international journal of emerging issues in early childhood education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-4074
pISSN - 2655-9986
DOI - 10.31098/ijeiece.v1i2.48
Subject(s) - information literacy , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , association (psychology) , control (management) , psychology , literacy , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , psychotherapist
The result of a preliminary study conducted by the researcher showed that the information literacy ofstudents at the Elementary School Teacher (PGSD) Program was low. Therefore, this research was done to understand the effect of Empowering 8 model application in improving student's information literacy. This research used the quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest control group design. The research participants were 66 students, consisting of 33 students in the experimentalclass and 33 students in the control class. This research utilized some instruments , including pretest,posttest, questionnaires and observation sheets. The results obtained were: the studeinformation literacy ability based on ARCL experimental class was in the high category. It revealed that application of Empowering 8 model had a positive effect on the student's information literacy.