Information Problem Solving Skills
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do I find the answers I need in a 21st century world of print and media?
LESSON OBJECTIVES
- Gain an understanding of the resource choices
- Gain an understanding of the research process (based on the Big 6 Skills Process)
Task definition
- Recognize information is needed to solve a problem
- Recognize there are sources available for guidance in choosing a topic
Information Seeking Strategies
- Brainstorm resource options
- Learn to make appropriate decisions in choosing appropriate resources
- Choose sources that are age appropriate
Location and Access
- Identify, locate, and select needed materials (fiction and nonfiction, magazines, reference, online databases, online catalog (Destiny), outer libraries, public library and internet
- Recognize Library Website as a resource
- Recognize the media specialist as a resource and technology specialist
Use of Information
- Gain expertise in extracting information needed from a variety of sources
- Recognize the requirement to cite sources
- Recognize the need to evaluate internet resources
- Recognize the difference between online databases and internet resources
- Learn to utilize a variety of search strategies and boolean logic
- Learn to take notes in own words and/or copy and highlight
- Understand the concept of copyright
- Understand the concept of plagiarism
- Understand the concept of paraphrasing
Synthesis
- Learn to create a bibliography from sources
Evaluation
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES/INSTRUMENTS
(* denotes Districtwide Grade Level Assessment)
DISTRICT ADOPTED RESOURCES
21st CENTURY SKILLS & RESOURCES