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Exploring the Dimensions of Self Efficacy Scale for Information Literacy

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2009, 43(4), pp.307-326
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2009.43.4.307
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : November 30, 2009
  • Accepted : December 3, 2009

SHIM, WONSIK 1 Hye-Yeon Ahn 1 Hyunsoo Kim 1 Sung-Hwan Kim 2

1성균관대학교
2한국교육학술정보원

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ABSTRACT

The concept of self efficacy, originally theorized by Bandura, has been applied to a wide variety of fields including education, psychology, and business. There has been steady effort to develop relevant scales to operationalize and measure self efficacy. This article reports on the results from an analysis of Kurbanoglu's ILSES (Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale), the only reported such scale in the area of information literacy. Over 400 university students responded to the ILSES survey consisting of 40 items grouped in six categories. The main analysis used was factor analysis. The results show high degree of internal consistency of the items included. However, the factors derived from the study differ significantly from the factors in the original study. Overall, these factors seem to reflect the heuristic nature of students' information seeking and use patterns, favoring Internet resources and instant gratification.

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