(via Camella Ashment, HEDS Consortium)
The 2021-2022 HEDS (Higher Education Data Sharing) Research Practices Survey is open for registration. Fall administrations can begin as soon as Sunday, August 1. The link to registration is here.
The survey assesses students’ research experiences and their skills in finding, evaluating, and citing sources. The two-part survey first evaluates your students’ self-perceived proficiency in these skills, and then tests their skills to see how those perceptions line up with reality. Librarians can use this knowledge to develop pedagogies and materials to strengthen students’ research skills. It is very useful for determining where to focus limited instruction time.
You can administer the survey at three points during the year, depending on what you wish to learn.
- the upcoming fall administration is intended for your incoming first-year students; to help identify their pre-college research skills and experience
- a winter administration is available to measure how these first-year students’ research skills improved over their first term
- a spring administration can be used to assess the research skills and experience for both first-year students after one year of college, and for graduating seniors after four years of college
You will receive a summary report comparing your students to students at all other participating institutions and a real-time report that allows you to monitor results as they come in. A single administration is $2,000 for institutions not in HEDS and $500 for HEDS members. Membership is not required to participate in our surveys, but all institutions are welcome to join the HEDS community!
Please visit our website at the link above for more information about the survey, to view the instrument, or register. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact Jessica Deemer at jessica.deemer@hedsconsortium.org or (765) 361-5771.