The Big 6

CED505

Jane Knerr

The ‘WH’ of the Big 6

• Who: Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz

• What: Technology Teaching Approach• When: Whenever Information is

Needed • Where: Thousands of K-12 schools• Why: To Find, Process and Use

Information Effectively• How: Six Stage Process

The Big 6 Skills

Evaluation

Judge the Product

Judge the Process

Synthesis

Organize From

Multiple Sources

Present the Information

Use of Information

Engage

Extract relevant

Information

Location and Access

Locate Sources

Find Information

Within Sources

Information Seeking

Strategies

Determine all Possible

Sources

Select the Best Sources

Task Definition

Define the Information

Problem

Identify Information

Needed

Big 6 and Evidence Based Practice

• Empirical Evidence– Mixed Method– 187 sixth graders– 18.02 increase for pretest to posttest

• Dr. Emily S. Harris

• Middle School Case Study – strengthened metacognitive skills– Increased problem solving abilities– Improved proficiency with knowledge-management tasks

• Sara Wolf

• One High Schools Student Achievement– Increase in the number of students who passed the

American History Regents Exam (53% to 91%)• Scott Hopsicker

Big 6 Appraisal

• The scaffolding approach develops metacognitive skills that are beneficial to all learning+

• Added benefit is increased performance and test scores

• A great fit for the Common Core• Develops student's ability to apply

knowledge

Big 6 Lesson Reflection

• Lesson: Banana Splits http://big6.com/pages/lessons/lessons/banana- splits.php

– Provided detailed description of each stage and their two sub-stages

– Provided the specific vocabulary related to Big 6

– The suggestion to add unnecessary items fores students to determine what is necessary

– This simple lesson is a great introduction to Big 6

– Provides multiple opportunities for expansion

References

LINKS

• http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6-works.php

• http://www.uen.org/k12educator/big6/

• http://big6.com/• http

://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume62003/bigsixinformation

"Big 6 Resorces." 1987. Utah Education Network. Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. 22 October 2012 <http://www.uen.org/k12educator/big6/>.

Big6 Skills Overview. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/about/big6-skills-overview.php>.

Harris, Emily S. The Big6 Works: Empirical Evidence from One Middle School’s Experience, Big6 eNewsletter, 11.2.1. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6-works.php>.

Hopsicker, Scott. The Big6™ and Student Achievement Author: Kathleen L Spitzer. <http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6trade-and-student-achievement.php>.

Little, Tammi. Banana Splits. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/lessons/lessons/banana-splits.php>.

Wolf, Sara. The Big Six Information Skills As a Metacognitive Scaffold: A Case Study. June 2003. 22 October 2012 <http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume62003/bigsixinformation>.