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The impact of information literacy on the pass rate of first year students: a project at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Michiel Moll
20/08/2011 Northumbria conference York
ContentsBackgroundStudentsGrade 12 structureGrade 12 results and rankingCourse results and rankingRanking varianceInfolit ranking groupRanking and varianceConclusion
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BackgroundInformation literacy policy CPUT Libraries – 10 Campuses = 97 staff9 Faculty librarians2 Information librarians7 Librarian branch
managers
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Students Wellington Campus - previously College of EducationFirst-year Education students
Studying the same course – FETEducation literacy traditionCooperation of staff at Wellington
Disparate student body
Wide socio-economic backgrounds
Differentiated educational history
Wide academic range
Pre 2009Post 2009Language levelMathematics/
mathematical literacy
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Grade 12 structure
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Group S Grade 12 results
Gr 12 subjects Gr 12 total
Gr 12 avg LO Gr12 Group Gr12 subject choice
S1 72 68 34 56 58 55 343 57.2 80 1 m a1 e2
S2 61 74 45 53 84 50 367 61.2 83 1 m a1 e2
S3 70 75 64 53 79 71 412 68.7 81 1 m a1 e2
S4 65 64 38 58 59 61 345 57.5 90 1 m a1 e2
S5 61 70 42 41 64 78 356 59.3 71 1 m a1 e2
S6 69 59 78 64 82 62 414 69.0 82 1 m a1 e2
S7 55 60 52 49 54 57 327 54.5 73 1 m a1 e2
S8 64 71 43 52 40 52 322 53.7 77 1 m a1 e2
S9 65 68 60 65 61 82 401 66.8 87 1 m a1 e2
S10 65 65 48 60 60 58 356 59.3 71 1 m a1 e2
S11 74 68 60 39 63 67 371 61.8 80 1 m a1 e2
S12 71 65 64 64 70 52 386 64.3 88 1 m a1 e2
S13 61 52 54 64 54 62 347 57.8 76 1 m a1 e2
S14 75 75 77 71 51 68 417 69.5 78 1 m a1 e2
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Gr 12 subjects Gr 12 total Gr 12 avg LO Gr12 Group Gr12 subject choice
T1 61 63 70 43 58 88 383 63.8 44 2 ml a1 e2
T2 61 68 57 55 48 74 363 60.5 51 2 ml a1 e2
T3 63 67 54 64 65 79 392 65.3 73 2 ml a1 e2
T4 76 80 63 55 62 83 419 69.8 83 2 ml a1 e2
T5 61 61 42 57 41 58 320 53.3 76 2 ml a1 e2
T6 73 69 72 50 69 80 413 68.8 83 2 ml a1 e2
T7 70 75 59 61 75 75 415 69.2 75 2 ml a1 e2
T8 61 63 53 52 48 59 336 56.0 60 2 ml a1 e2
T9 66 61 30 52 47 65 321 53.5 77 2 ml a1 e2
T10 56 60 67 59 31 55 328 54.7 70 2 ml a1 e2
T11 70 66 63 53 68 84 404 67.3 71 2 ml a1 e2
T12 66 77 56 63 58 87 407 67.8 79 2 ml a1 e2
T13 56 59 57 53 40 71 336 56.0 75 2 ml a1 e2
T14 75 78 53 46 60 82 394 65.7 64 2 ml a1 e2
T15 63 70 56 49 65 78 381 63.5 75 2 ml a1 e2
T16 66 69 34 63 68 83 383 63.8 64 2 ml a1 e2
Group T Grade 12 results
Grade 12 ranking
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Student Gr 12 Ranking
T5 53.3 14
T9 53.5 13
T10 54.7 12
T8 56 11
T13 56 10
T2 60.5 9
T15 63.5 8
T16 63.8 7
T3 65.3 6
T11 67.3 5
T12 67.8 4
T6 68.8 3
T7 69.2 2
T4 69.8 1
StudentGrade 12
Ranking
S7 54.5 13
S1 57.2 12
S4 57.5 11
S13 57.8 10
S5 59.3 9
S10 59.3 8
S2 61.2 7
S11 61.8 6
S12 64.3 5
S9 66.8 4
S3 68.7 3
S6 69 2
S14 69.5 1
Course results
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IL final course mark (95) %
IL Class attendance (8)
B ED:(FET):ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 1 course results
S1 73 77 6 68
S2 72 76 6 76.27
S3 60 63 5 75.64
S4 76 80 8 74.4
S5 49 52 3 57.53
S6 72 76 6 80.67
S7 61 64 5 66.33
S8 64 67 5
S9 58 61 4 63.47
S10 63 66 8 69.5
S11 48 51 5 73
S12 72 76 8 68.29
S13 74 78 8 69.06
S14 54 57 0 77.73
IL final course mark (95) %
IL Class attendance (8)
B ED:(FET):ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 1 course results
T1 62 65 5
T2 77 81 7 66.47
T3 73 77 6 73.2
T4 48 51 5 66.67
T5 42 44 5 60.33
T6 63 66 7 72.27
T7 62 65 5 64.2
T8 67 71 6 64.47
T9 70 74 6 67.4
T10 65 68 9 67
T11 55 58 5 64.86
T12 61 64 6 75.36
T13 46 48 5 60.47
T14 59 62 5
T15 76 80 8 69.67
T16 69 73 5 64.2
Course ranking
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Student Course Ranking
T5 60.33 14
T13 60.47 13
T7 64.2 12
T16 64.2 11
T8 64.47 10
T11 64.86 9
T2 66.47 8
T4 66.67 7
T10 67 6
T9 67.4 5
T15 69.67 4
T6 72.27 3
T3 73.2 2
T12 75.36 1
Student Course Ranking
S5 57.53 13
S9 63.47 12
S7 66.33 11
S1 68 10
S12 68.29 9
S13 69.06 8
S10 69.5 7
S11 73 6
S4 74.4 5
S3 75.64 4
S2 76.27 3
S14 77.73 2
S6 80.67 1
Ranking Variance
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Student Course Gr 12Variance
S1 10 12 2
S2 3 7 4
S3 4 3 -1
S4 5 11 6
S5 13 9 -4
S6 1 2 1
S7 11 13 2
S9 12 4 -8
S10 7 8 1
S11 6 6 0
S12 9 5 -4
S13 8 10 2
S14 2 1 -1
Student Course Gr 12Variance
T2 8 9 1
T3 2 6 4
T4 7 1 -6
T5 14 14 0
T6 3 3 0
T7 12 2 -10
T8 10 11 1
T9 5 13 8
T10 6 12 6
T11 9 5 -4
T12 1 4 3
T13 13 10 -3
T15 4 8 4
T16 11 7 -4
Infolit Ranking Group
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Student Info LitGrouping
T2 77 0
T3 73 0
T4 48 1
T5 42 1
T6 63 1
T7 62 1
T8 67 0
T9 70 0
T10 65 0
T11 55 1
T12 61 1
T13 46 1
T15 76 0
T16 69 0
Student Info LitGrouping
S1 77 0
S2 76 0
S3 63 1
S4 80 0
S5 52 1
S6 76 0
S7 64 1
S9 61 1
S10 66
S11 51 1
S12 76 0
S13 78 0
S14 57 1
Ranking and Variance
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Group T
1 0
Variance
Negative 4 1
Positive 1 6
Neutral 2 0
Group S
1 0
Variance
Negative 4 1
Positive 1 5
Neutral 1 0
Conclusion
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The conclusion that can be drawn then is that Information Literacy training carried out effectively, as measured by student’s success in Information Literacy assessments, leads to an overall better performance in the student’s academic studies…
irrespective of the actual level of performance
OR CAN WE?
Moving on....Further research
Internally – other groupsOther factors – frequency, pre and posttestLongitudinally with the same group – 2nd,3rd,4th year.
Use of presentInternally – for librariansInternally for academic departmentsInternally for infolit committee
7/12/2010 SASA – Bringing the disciplines together
