Big 6 Skills for English Students
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The document discusses the "Big 6 Information Literacy Skills" which are a framework for teaching students how to effectively find and use information. It notes that most college students primarily use search engines like Google and Baidu for research, but these may not provide the best information. The "Big 6" framework presents 6 steps for effective research: task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.
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- 1. Big 6 Skills for EAP Students Susan Kelly CAMTESOL 2016
- 2. Two Hats English Language Instructor Shandong Univ. of Science & Technology Jinan, China LIS graduate student UICU, Online Program
- 3. My Context Twinning Program Students need academic skills to succeed in international program Limited access to information
- 4. Problem? Cause: Over 85% of first year college students only use common search engines for finding information. Baidu, Google, etc. Effect: They don’t get the best information. “Satisfycing”
- 5. Big 6 Information Literacy Skills 1. Task Definition 2. Information Seeking Strategies 3. Location and Access 4. Use of Information (read, see, hear, extract) 5. Synthesis (organize & present) 6. Evaluation
- 6. www.big6.com Who? Mike Eisenburg & Bob Berkowitz Why? So much information, but we have trouble finding and using it
- 7. Task Definition Vague Assignments Handout Scoop.it Project Due on Ma_____________ 2016 Work in a group of _________ people You must find and comment on _____ sites about the topic of_______________.
- 8. GSLIS Evaluation Choosing websites Compare Martin Luther King Martinlutherking.org vs. biography.com Noticing bias
- 9. Search Engines ipl.org Internet Public Library Not updated, but still useful dmoz.org dir.yahoo.com search.org wolframalpha.com answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced "curated data"
- 10. Specialized Healthline-health information http://www.healthline.com (Not sure I’d call it a search engine.) MathSearch-math http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known- math/index/mathsearch.html
- 11. Extra Ways to Search Midomi.com Search by humming or singing Tineye.com Reverse image search
- 12. Curation Project Topics People & Places Artists Groups of three collaborate Choose subject Find websites Add & Evaluate
- 13. Curation “Curation is the New Search” Scoop.it allows users to curate websites
- 14. Scoop.it Can be added to a blog, Facebook, Twitter Can be used for Personal Learning Networks
- 17. Ask a Librarian
- 18. Simple Wikipedia Project Use all 6 skills while adding to simple.wikipedia.org Embed with textbook units Artists Athletes Business Figures Endless possibilities
- 19. 1. Read biography carefully 2. Choose interesting facts 3. Paraphrase 4. Edit 5. Add and cite
- 20. Great Site for Research Skills
- 21. Citation Maker
- 22. References Atkinson, J.D. & Figueroa, M. (1997) Information Seeking Behavior of Business Students, The Reference Librarian, 27:58, 59-73. Eisenburg, M. & Berkowitz. B. (n.d.) www.big6.com Leckie, G. J. (1996). Desperately seeking citations: Uncovering faculty assumptions about the undergraduate research process. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 22(3), 201-208.