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- Title
Do People Overestimate their Information Literacy Skills? A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence on the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
- Authors
Mahmood, Khalid
- Abstract
This systematic review has analyzed 53 English language studies that assessed and compared peoples' self-reported and demonstrated information literacy (IL) skills. The objective was to collect empirical evidence on the existence of Dunning-Kruger Effect in the area of information literacy. The findings clearly show that this theory works in this area. It is concluded that there is no calibration in peoples' perceived and actual IL skills; in most cases low-performers overestimate their skills in self-assessments. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for librarians and IL educators.
- Subjects
INFORMATION literacy; INFORMATION science; DUNNING-Kruger effect; SELF-evaluation; LIBRARIANS
- Publication
Communications in Information Literacy, 2016, Vol 10, Issue 2, p199
- ISSN
1933-5954
- Publication type
Article