TheBig6EBS

This is an example of a webquest that can be used as assessment.

The Big6™ Skills amended – Gibbons/Goodell

7/6/10: Determine interesting issue/material (brainstorm); reflecting upon issue; Overview of topic: a. previous knowledge (what do you know about the topic?) b. newly acquired knowledge (preliminary research to obtain overview of topic) Reflection and Assessment - Topic proposal: why? what?
 * Exploration and Discovery (possible step 1):**

1. Task Definition

__7/6/10: Determine interesting issue/material (brainstorm); Information sources - evaluating versus finding sources and timeliness of material; what do I need to do in order to determine if my source is viable? Preliminary research__ What type of paper are you writing? rhetorical style? a. expository b. argumentative c. compare/contrast d. cause/effect

1.1 Define the informational need 1.2 Identify information needed (to solve the information problem) o What is my current task? o What are some topics or questions I need to answer? o What information will I need?

• Consider what the purpose of this paper will be.

Reflection and Assessment:

14/15 and 16/17: identify at least three outside sources.

23/24 and 31: Identify questions that must be answered; determine information already known; determine audience, attitude towards problem (pro, con, neutral) and argument; identify what information is needed to support argument and find four outside sources.

For 31, use this to support WRT 101 research paper.

Assessment


 * Research groups: 1 does research, hands research to 2 who creates notes, 2 gives notes to 3 who writes paper.

2. Information Seeking Strategies 2.1 Familiarize oneself with multiple and varied types of sources including, but not limited to: a. databases b. periodicals/journals c. books

2.2 Select the best sources //7/6/10: Information sources - evaluating versus finding sources and timeliness of material; what do I need to do in order to determine if my source is viable?

o What are all the appropriate sources to check? o What are the best sources of information for this task? Determine the appropriate source of information for this task? • Determine how __relevant/useful/current__ the source is. Later? • Where does the information appear? On a commercial website? Does the website have any obvious social, political, product bias? Not yet, just thinking about sources, how to word this so students begin to acknowledge the bias before going to a page? • Does the information have an author, date of publication, publisher information, affiliation, and author’s credentials? • Can the information be verified in other sources? Not yet for the last 2. //**

//For EBS students, instructor must walk students through sample research including online and offline in library. Use assessment to show students what sources can be used (have them edit a wiki or create their own, show them CNN.com versus a site like TMZ.com and ask them to identify what they believe to be factual). Ask students to create a MLA formatted Works Cited page with four sources. Have them anotate source/create abstracts. (EF)


 * Assessment

3. Location and Access Get your stuff

3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically) 3.2 Find information within sources o Where can I find these sources? o Where can I find the information in the source? • Ask your instructor/librarian Assessment

Changes we thought of: Access **// Locate Sources Effectively
 * Search Strategy appropriate to the source
 * Critically analyze results for currency, relevancy, appropriateness for needs, bias, and reliability
 * Strategize search
 * Differentiate between abstracts & full text

//**4. Use of Information 4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch) take notes, annotate, highlight 4.2 Extract relevant information** 4.3 Record and track source origin
 * o

What information do I expect to find in this source? Supports the thesis? o What information from the source is __useful__ (delete?)? appropriate to the information need. • If there is an abstract, this will help determine the source’s usefulness for the task at hand • Find one good source! (Very often, once you find one good source of information, this source’s Work Cited page will lead you to many more, saving you time)**//


 * Go to this online copyright quiz and complete it. As you answer the questions, the quiz will let you know which ones you answered correctly and incorrectly.// **//http://www.csus.edu/indiv/p/peachj/edte230/copyright/quiz.htm//**

Assessment**
 * Plan - Where are we going? Are there gaps? Plan of development. **


 * 5.** Create and Present Final Product (July 15)

Determine strategies to organize information (e.g. outlining) 5.2 Present the information in standard bibliographical format (i.e. MLA) 5.3 Avoid Plagiarism by: • Citing and Quoting directly from the source • Citing and Paraphrasing (Put the information from the source into your own words, and cite the source in Work Cited) • Citing and Summarizing
 * 5.1 Organize from** varied **sources (*cite)

__[Go to Indiana University's "How to Recognize Plagiarism" page and complete the four [4] tutorial sections. Then take the online test. You must score 100% in order to get their online certificate.__** **http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/**]

Assessment

6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness) Have all requirements been met? Reassess thesis statement: is it well supported?
 * 6. Evaluation

6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)** Have the following skills been acquired: ability to ask question including asking for help ability to research and broaden knowledge of topic ability to select sources appropriate to need ability to produce final product

Assessment **- Reassess each step of the way

__Evaluation__**

The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit: www.big6.com Handout created by: Barbara J. Shoemaker, School Media Specialist, Mill Road Elementary, K-2 Red Hook Central School District, Red Hook, NY