Evaluating the Effectiveness of Integrated Information Literacy Instruction on Student Outcomes in the English W131 Multilingual Curriculum

Abstract

This study evaluates the educational outcomes of international students who complete multilingual sections of ENG-W131. After examining the effects of previous preparation and course sequences on ENG-W131 student performance using institutional data, this study assesses the information literacy skills demonstrated by students in the ENG-W131 Multilingual curriculum on their writing assignments. Key findings include that ENG-W131 appears to effectively prepare international students for other courses and that about half of international students who take ENG-W131 Multilingual satisfactorily meet learning outcomes for research writing. These findings will assist the ENG-W131 Multilingual Coordinator and instructors in further improving the ENG-W131 curriculum and instructional training.