Five Minutes of Five Years of First Year Composition

Susan Whitmer, Instruction Librarian at Texas Woman’s University, discusses her evolving approach to teaching information literacy to First-Year Composition classes. The past five years have been a dynamic time for teaching evaluating sources and critical thinking. For example, the C.R.A.A.P. Test was instituted to evaluate sources after the 2016 elections. During the 2019-2020 academic year, evaluating sources will be updated to Four Moves and a Habit.