The Relationship between Information Literacy and Academic Performance among M.A Students of Physical Education at Shiraz University

The purpose of this research was to investigation the relationship between information literacy and academic performance among M.A students of physical education at the Shiraz University. Statistical population of this study included 110 M.A. students of physical education who were studying at the Shiraz University. 87 students were cluster-randomly selected as research samples. To achieve the research goals Davarpanh and Siamk (2010) questionnaire of information literacy was used. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by 15 experts and its reliability was studied in a pilot study with 30 subjects and calculated as 0.83, respectively. For data analysis the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods including single sample T-student, liner regression by using SPSS software were used. The result of research indicated that the information literacy of the students is on the average level, while their academic performance is desirable. There is a significant relationship between information literacy and academic performance M.A. students of physical education, i.e. Students’ information literacy can predict their academic performance.