THE BIG 6 APPROACHTO INFORMATION PROBLEM-SOLVING

Co-authored by

Mike Eisenberg & Bob Berkowitz

The Big 6 Approach

Incorporating the USE of technology as a tool

The Big 6 is an information literacy curriculum, an information-solving process, and a set of skills which provide a strategy for effectively and efficiently meeting information needs (Eisenberg, et al, 2010)

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Task Definition• Define the Problem• Identify the Information Needed

Information Seeking Strategies• Determine all Possible Sources• Select the Best Source

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Location & Access• Locate Sources• Find Information within Sources

Use of Information• Engage (read, hear, view)• Extract Relevant Information

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Synthesis• Organize Information from Multiple Sources• Present the Result

Evaluation• Judge the Result (effectiveness)• Judge the Process (efficiency)

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Evaluation of a Lesson (Davis 2010)Understanding music in relation to history and cultureGrade Level: 3-5 Task Definition

The specific information needed was not listed here (it is listed in Objective and in Use of Information)

Information Seeking Strategies/Location and Access Students are encouraged to go to media center

and locate print resources. Several other sources were listed including internet cites

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Evaluation of a Lesson (continued) Use of Information/Synthesis

Students are engaged and have a specific task to complete and present

Evaluation For this grade level, I would have chosen a

less complex tool for evaluation

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Big 6 PracticeLesson: Nursing Care Plan

Grade Level: Junior Level/College Task Definition

Students will obtain client assignment Students will gather information on their

client to include patient history, current symptoms, and medications as well as nursing diagnoses and interventions based on client information.

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Big 6 Practice (continued) Information Seeking Strategies

Students will determine possible sources of information and select the best sources

Location and Access Students will conduct client interview,

review client chart, review textbooks and refer to available online resources and locate needed resources to complete the assignment

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Big 6 Practice (continued) Use of Information

Students will collect needed information to formulate a plan of care for their assigned client

Care Plan will include: assessment, nursing diagnoses, plan of care, nursing interventions, and evaluation

Synthesis Students will organize information and present

in the proper nursing care plan format

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Big 6 Practice (continued) Evaluation

The evaluation portion of the nursing care plan is completed after the student has taken care of the client. The evaluation section includes whether or not the nursing interventions were effective.

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Bibliography Davis, V. Big 6.

www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PMusicLAComposerBrochure35.htm. Retrieved 10/8/10.

Eisenberg, M., Johnson, D., Berkowitz, B (2010). Information, communications, and technology (ICT) skills curriculum based on the Big 6 approach to information problem-solving. Library Media Connection, (May/June), 24-27.

Images: Microsoft Clipart. Staff. The Big 6 in many languages: The Big 6 in English.

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