The STIC Model

(Six Tests of Information Confidence for the Informed Learner)

The Informed Learner

How to Navigate the Sea of Information

This is a companion site to the STIC Model 2 which can be found here! 

WELCOME! 

This is a site for teens to learn about the Six Tests of Information Confidence or STIC (stick) Model. 

These are tools that will help anyone judge the information that they are encountering

The Challenge

 @ We are being bombarded by lots of information that is designed to stick in our brain and influence our behavior and actions. That's why each of us needs to judge the information we are consuming:

Do we trust that information and allow it to stick in our brain, or should we just press the flush button?

Consider making 6 tests of any message that comes our way that we call the 

 Six Tests of Information Confidence or STIC (stick) Model :

Who is saying what to me?

For what Reasons?

 For what Gain? 

Through what Channel? 

and with what Evidence?

Link to an IASL presentation by Prof. Loertscher and students from the schoolof Information, San Jose State University about the STIC Model: https://sjsu.zoom.us/rec/play/Y2CM8zlFGGwiCpK6et8esivhfgfW8AqbgSQjQP1TpDSu0gVCixzPUEo2ru5eWbFJWGIDHZnxqNl95dkg.sFtIOUR6W_Rxwigb?startTime=1651628370000&_x_zm_rtaid=8s3L0DVITL6m2SSaEZ1XNw.1651721103817.f1eb25b2e45b417a64c3616613547540&_x_zm_rhtaid=682 

For each of tests, we can make 3 quick decisions, what we call our traffic light of judgment. 

Red: Distrust

Yellow: Uncertain

Green: Trust

Yes, you might memorize that tool right now, but getting around to applying it is quite another matter. 


We, graduate students of San Jose State University School of Information under the directions of Dr. DavidV. Loertscher, have compiled resources that we hope will help you navigate the sea of information. 

Let's Get Started:

@ Think about why this matters

@ Tour the six pages of the STIC Model

@ Play a Game

@ Get a copy of the Create by Design book

@ Refer your teacher to their help page

@ Check out our About Us Page

These are questions to ask yourself when you land on a website, app, social media post, ect. 

For Libriarans the following seminar was presented about the STIC Model created for the International Association of School Librirans Confrence and it's instructive of the STIC model and how to apply it for teenagers of any age.