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Step
1:
TASK
DEFINITION |
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- What is my
task?
- What is the
problem I need to solve, or question
I need to answer?
- What do I
already know about my question or
problem.
- What do I need
to know to solve the problem or answer the
question?
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- Graphic organizers -
topic triangle, KWL chart
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- What types of
information do I need? facts, opinions,
pictures, primary sources?
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Step
2: INFORMATION-SEEKING
STRATEGIES
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- What are all the
possible sources for finding this
information?
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- Graphic organizer -
brainstorming
- Information
pathfinders
- posters in
library
- keywords
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- Which
of the possible
sources are best for me to use?
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- Index and table of
contents
- Web site evaluation
form
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Step
3: LOCATION
and ACCESS
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- Where will I find
these sources?
- Who can help me
find the sources?
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- classroom
- school
library
- public
library
- community
- Internet
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- What do I need to
use to access this information?
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- Library Online Catalog
(OPAC)
- Internet
Browser
- Telephone or other
equipment
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Step
4: USE
of INFORMATION
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- How will I
record the information that I find? (take
notes? draw pictures? use an audio or video
recorder?)
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- graphic
organizers
- trash and
treasure
- Notebook or note
cards
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- What information
in each source is useful.
- How will I give
credit to my sources? (bibliography? notes at
end of presentation?)
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- "Keeping Track of
Sources" sheet
- "Citing Sources" on
Library Webpage
- Writer's Express
page
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Step
5: SYNTHESIS
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- How can I
organize the information?
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- Graphic
organizers
- Outling
skills
- Inspiration
software
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- How can I
present the results?
- What product
or performance should I use? (written
report, multimedia presentation, art
project?)
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- Student Product
Possibilities
- Multimedia
equipment
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Step
6: EVALUATION
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Questions
to guide
you
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Resources
and
strategies
to help
you
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- Did I
complete the task?
- Did I do my
best work?
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steps
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Big6™ Skills Approach
was developed by Eisenberg and Berkowitz. The
phrases "Big6 Skills" and "Big6 Skills Curriculum"
are all copyrights of Michael B. Eisenberg and
Robert E. Berkowitz.
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