MORETHAN 5000 PUBLICATIONS related to library user instruction and information literacy have been published and reviewed in the past thirty years. New developments in education and technology during the last two decades have affected user instruction and have led to the emergence of information literacy. Based on needs related to the rapid development of information technology and the evolving ...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present the Information Literacy Instruction Assessment Cycle (ILIAC), to describe the seven stages of the ILIAC, and to offer an extended example that demonstrates how the ILIAC increases librarian instructional abilities and improves student information literacy skills. Design/methodology/approach – Employing survey design methodology, the researcher and ...

There is an assumption that fostering PL in young students can enhance performance and achievement other areas of the curriculum. However, evidence supporting this relationship missing. The purposes study were to verify whether physical literacy (PL) correlated with academic (AA) adolescent predicts AA across time. A cohort was conducted 122 adolescents. Participants assessed at baseline 5 mont...

BACKGROUND Health literacy is an important health promotion concern and recently children and adolescents have been the focus of increased academic attention. To assess the health literacy of this population, researchers have been focussing on developing instruments to measure their health literacy. Compared to the wider availability of instruments for adults, only a few tools are known for you...

BACKGROUND Low health literacy is associated with low adherence to self-management in many chronic diseases. Additionally, health beliefs are thought to be determinants of self-management behaviors. In this study we sought to determine the association, if any, of health literacy and health beliefs among elderly individuals with COPD. METHODS We enrolled a cohort of patients with COPD from two...