PROCESS STANDARDS
To be used with ALL levels
Acquiring Information: involves locating, gathering, observing, comprehending, organizing, and processing information from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Sources may include printed materials, maps, graphic representations, artifacts, people, media and technology.
• uses picture clues and captions
• reads for information
• uses maps, graphs, globes, media, and technology
• reads from a variety of sources
• recognizes primary and secondary sources
• uses chapter and section headings and topic sentences to select main ideas
• recognizes cause and effect relationships
• distinguishes fact from opinion
· recognizes propaganda
• identifies author bias
Analysis of Data and Problem Solving: involves the comprehension, analysis, interpretation, synthesis, summary, and evaluation of data to develop a solution or conclusion.
• determines whether information is pertinent to the topic
• compares and contrasts
• classifies by source, chronology, and importance
• critically examines data from a variety of sources
• makes predictions
• forms conclusions
· makes inferences
• separates significant ideas from supporting details
• applies data to new situations
• understands various interpretations
• recognizes bias
Communication: is conveying ideas, value judgments, beliefs, and emotions through individual expression, group dialogue, cultural communities, and global networks.
• dramatizations
• discussions
• multimedia productions
• written compositions
• speeches
• debates