1. The impact of information literacy on the pass rate of first year students: a project at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Michiel Moll 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York

2. Contents Background Students Grade 12 structure Grade 12 results and ranking Course results and ranking Ranking variance Infolit ranking group Ranking and variance Conclusion 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York

3. Background Information literacy policy CPUT Libraries – 10 Campuses = 97 staff 9 Faculty librarians 2 Information librarians 7 Librarian branch managers 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York

4. 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York Students Wellington Campus - previously College of Education First-year Education students Studying the same course – FET Education literacy tradition Cooperation of staff at Wellington

5. Disparate student body Wide socio-economic backgrounds Differentiated educational history Wide academic range

6. Pre 2009 Post 2009 Language level Mathematics/ mathematical literacy 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York Grade 12 structure

7. 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York Group S Grade 12 results Gr 12 subjectsGr 12 total Gr 12 avg LO Gr12GroupGr12 subject choice S1 726834565855343 57.2 801ma1e2 S2 617445538450367 61.2 831ma1e2 S3 707564537971412 68.7 811ma1e2 S4 656438585961345 57.5 901ma1e2 S5 617042416478356 59.3 711ma1e2 S6 695978648262414 69.0 821ma1e2 S7 556052495457327 54.5 731ma1e2 S8 647143524052322 53.7 771ma1e2 S9 656860656182401 66.8 871ma1e2 S10 65 4860 58356 59.3 711ma1e2 S11 746860396367371 61.8 801ma1e2 S12 716564 7052386 64.3 881ma1e2 S13 615254645462347 57.8 761ma1e2 S14 75 77715168417 69.5 781ma1e2

8. 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York Gr 12 subjectsGr 12 totalGr 12 avgLO Gr12GroupGr12 subject choice T1 616370435888383 63.8 442mla1e2 T2 616857554874363 60.5 512mla1e2 T3 636754646579392 65.3 732mla1e2 T4 768063556283419 69.8 832mla1e2 T5 61 42574158320 53.3 762mla1e2 T6 736972506980413 68.8 832mla1e2 T7 7075596175 415 69.2 752mla1e2 T8 616353524859336 56.0 602mla1e2 T9 666130524765321 53.5 772mla1e2 T10 566067593155328 54.7 702mla1e2 T11 706663536884404 67.3 712mla1e2 T12 667756635887407 67.8 792mla1e2 T13 565957534071336 56.0 752mla1e2 T14 757853466082394 65.7 642mla1e2 T15 637056496578381 63.5 752mla1e2 T16 666934636883383 63.8 642mla1e2 Group T Grade 12 results

9. Grade 12 ranking 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York StudentGr 12Ranking 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 Student Grade 12 Rankin g 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

10. Course results 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York IL final course mark (95) % IL Class attendanc e (8) B ED:(FET):ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 1 course results S1 73776 68 S2 72766 76.27 S3 60635 75.64 S4 76808 74.4 S5 49523 57.53 S6 72766 80.67 S7 61645 66.33 S8 64675 S9 58614 63.47 S10 63668 69.5 S11 48515 73 S12 72768 68.29 S13 74788 69.06 S14 54570 77.73 IL final course mark (95) % IL Class attenda nce (8) B ED:(FET):ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 1 course results T1 62655 T2 77817 66.47 T3 73776 73.2 T4 48515 66.67 T5 42445 60.33 T6 63667 72.27 T7 62655 64.2 T8 67716 64.47 T9 70746 67.4 T10 65689 67 T11 55585 64.86 T12 61646 75.36 T13 46485 60.47 T14 59625 T15 76808 69.67 T16 69735 64.2

11. Course ranking 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York StudentCourseRanking 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 StudentCourseRanking 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

12. Ranking Variance 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York StudentCourseGr 12 Varianc e S1 1012 2 S2 37 4 S3 43 S4 511 6 S5 139 -4 S6 12 1 S7 1113 2 S9 124 -8 S10 78 1 S11 66 0 S12 95 -4 S13 810 2 S14 21 StudentCourseGr 12 Varianc e T2 89 1 T3 26 4 T4 71 -6 T5 14 0 T6 33 0 T7 122 -10 T8 1011 1 T9 513 8 T10 612 6 T11 95 -4 T12 14 3 T13 1310 -3 T15 48 4 T16 117 -4

13. Infolit Ranking Group 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York StudentInfo Lit Groupin g 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 StudentInfo Lit Groupin g 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

14. Ranking and Variance 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York Group T 10 Variance Negative41 Positive16 Neutral20 Group S 10 Variance Negative41 Positive15 Neutral10

15. Conclusion 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York 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?

16. Moving on.... Further research Internally – other groups Other factors – frequency, pre and posttest Longitudinally with the same group – 2nd,3rd,4th year. Use of present Internally – for librarians Internally for academic departments Internally for infolit committee 7/12/2010SASA – Bringing the disciplines together

17. Thank you Michiel Moll Mollm@cput.ac.za 20/08/2011Northumbria conference York