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The current research aims to provide psychometric evidence for the UNESCO Information Literacy Lifecycle (UNESCO-ILL), which can be used to evaluate individuals’ stages of acknowledge information literacy. A 20-item UNESCO-ILL was examined with a four-factor structure (i.e., “accessing and utilizing information,” “storing information,” “handling information,” and “disposing information”) reported by previous research. Data was collected from 360 undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Macau in Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), China. Results showed good fit of the four-factor structure based on the sample data. Additionally, results supported the UNESCO-ILL with a four-factor structure compared with a single-factor structure. Suggestions for future research were provided.
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Item | English | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
UNE1 | I am able to organize information | 我能夠整理信息 |
UNE2 | I am able to analyze information | 我能夠分析信息 |
UNE3 | I am able to interpret information | 我能夠解譯信息 |
UNE4 | I am able to evaluate information | 我能夠評估信息 |
UNE5 | I am able to determine the existence of needed information or not | 我能夠判定現有的信息是否是我所需要的 |
UNE6 | I am able to fully understand found information | 我能夠完全地理解我所找到的信息 |
UNE7 | I am able to accurately identify and define the information | 我能夠準確地辨別並解釋信息 |
UNE8 | I am able to find the needed information | 我能夠找到所需的信息 |
UNE9 | I am able to communicate and present the information | 我能夠就信息進行溝通展示 |
UNE10 | I am able to evaluate reliability of information and its resources | 我能夠判斷信息及其來源的可信程度 |
UNE11 | I am able to utilize the information to resolve the problem | 我能夠運用信息去解決問題 |
UNE12 | I am able to go for help to understand needed information | 我能夠尋求幫助以理解所需的信息 |
UNE13 | I am able to dispose information no longer needed | 我懂得如何處置失效信息 |
UNE14 | I am able to safeguard information no longer needed | 我懂得如何安全保護已失效的信息 |
UNE15 | I am able to preserve information | 我能夠保存信息 |
UNE16 | I am able to store information | 我能夠儲存信息 |
UNE17 | I am able to reuse information | 我能夠重復使用信息 |
UNE18 | I am able to record and archive information | 我能夠將信息紀錄並存檔 |
UNE19 | I am able to realize that a need or problem exists that requires information | 我能意識到哪些需求或問題需要信息 |
UNE20 | I am able to create or cause to be created unavailable information that I need | 當我需要某種不存在的資訊時,我能夠創造,或促使該資訊產生 |
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Hoi, C.K.W., Teo, T. (2017). Examining the Information Literacy Life Cycle Among Macau University Students: Psychometric Evidence of the UNESCO-ILL. In: Ma, W., Chan, CK., Tong, Kw., Fung, H., Fong, C. (eds) New Ecology for Education — Communication X Learning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4346-8_14
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