Effects of Information Literacy Skills on Student Writing and Course Performance

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• 作者：Xiaorong Shao^a ; ^{shaox@appstate.edu} ; Geraldine Purpur^b ; ^{purpurgm@appstate.edu}
• 关键词：Information literacy skills ; Writing skills ; Course grades ; Academic performance
• 刊名：The Journal of Academic Librarianship
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：42
• 期：6
• 页码：670-678
• 全文大小：3188 K
• 卷排序：42

文摘

This study documents the information literacy skills of college freshmen at a mid-size comprehensive university. It also examines the association between students' information literacy skills and their writing abilities as well as their overall performance in a class. A major finding of the study is that information literacy skills were positively correlated with both student writing scores and final course grades. The findings of this study call for well-integrated library instruction programs and services to improve student information literacy skills.