Jacqueline's+Research+Notes

BIG6   //Big6//. Web. 10 Oct. 2010. [] Easy break down of Big6 Steps //1 - Task Definition // //"What needs to be done?" //

//2 - Information Seeking Strategies // //"What resources can I use?" //

//3 - Location and Access // //"Where can I find these resources?" //

//4 - Use of Information // //"What can I use from these resources?" //

//5 - Synthesis // //"What can I make to finish the job?" //

//6 - Evaluation // //<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"How will I know I did my job?" //

Big6 continued... Jansen, Barbara A. "Differentiating Instruction in the Primary Grades with the Big6." //Library Media Connection//; Jan/Feb 2009. 27:4, 32-33. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete.

"Differentiated instruction and the Big6 appear to be made for each other." - p. 32 "In addition, the Big6 process allows for seamless differentiation by interest, readiness, and learning profile." - p. 32

I-Search Loertscher, David. "I-Search For Success: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Connecting the I-Search with Standards, Written Assessment, and Evidence-Based Practice (book review)." Teacher Librarian, Dec. 2005, 33:2, p41

-"quiet popular in secondary English Departments" - p. 41 -"technique 1st developed there by Ken Macrorie in 1988" - p. 41

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IIM Ungar, Barbara. "Revising Research." //School Library Monthly//, April 2010, XXVII:8. Retrieved from []

7 Steps 1. Topic 2. Goal Setting 3. Research 4. Organizing 5. Goal Evaluation 6. Product 7. Presentation

" The vocabulary of the process—the name (IIM: The Independent Investigation Method), the symbol, and the seven steps—remains constant through the grades."

Super 3

Geared for students in grades K - 2 Three Steps The main characters to help students understand the three steps are dinosaurs Students are taught these steps at an early age to ease them into the Big6 in third grades.
 * 1) Plan
 * 2) Do
 * 3) Review

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