Open AccessFaculty Perspectives on Undergraduate Research Skills: Nine Core Skills for Research Success
Author(s) -
Boglarka S. Huddleston,
Jeffrey D. Bond,
Linda L. Chenoweth,
Tracy L. Hull
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.2.7277
Subject(s) - information literacy , library instruction , medical education , skills management , perception , psychology , study skills , focus group , set (abstract data type) , core competency , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , computer science , business , marketing , neuroscience , anthropology , programming language
In an effort to improve information literacy initiatives at Texas Christian University, we sought to understand faculty members’ expectations and perceptions of undergraduate student research skills. We conducted three faculty focus groups (n=21) and an online survey (n=100) of faculty members. This study reveals a set of nine core research skills that faculty members expect students to possess. The study compares faculty members’ expectations against their perceptions of student capability for each of these nine core skills. Furthermore, this study examines who (librarians, faculty, or both) should have responsibility for teaching which research skills. These findings will inform the library’s information literacy initiatives, as well as have a strong influence on the library’s marketing and reference services.