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crl-16325	Latham, Don; Gross, Melissa	Instructional Preferences of First-Year College Students with Below-Proficient Information Literacy Skills: A Focus Group Study	2013	20	.pdf	application/pdf	12575	505	48	This paper reports the findings from the focus groups con- ducted with students who demonstrated below-proficient skills on an objective, standardized test of information literacy6 and discusses implications for designing instruction for such students as well as directions for future research. A survey of 900 college stu- dents, for example, found that 40 percent of them indicated they had “some gaps” in their research skills.18 Other research, however, has shown that students with below-proficient information literacy skills levels tend to greatly overestimate their information literacy skill levels and are unable to recalibrate their self-views even after taking an information literacy test.19 Such students, because they do not recognize their deficiencies, are unlikely to seek help to improve their skills, nor are they able to recognize expertise in others.20	cache/crl-16325.pdf	txt/crl-16325.txt