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Big
6 Treasure Hunt
Introduction |
Questions | Internet Resources | Big
Question
Introduction
There's a lot to learn in this information age. Using the
Web allows you to discover tons more than you may have ever known possible. How
do you know where to begin? What's good, what isn't? What to keep, what to throw
away? Try this treasure hunt to learn more about the Big6, a systematic approach
to information problem solving.
Questions
- What are some questions you might ask when you evaluate a web
site? Are these questions useful when evaluating other resources such as books,
magazine articles, videos, and other information sources?
- This site uses different words than the Big6 to describe information
seeking and problem solving. How are these steps similar? How are they different?
You can use Using the Big6
to compare.
- According to this site, there are many types of questions. Which
are the ones that can be answered using the Big6 and why?
- Take a look at this checklist. Do you think that using the Big6,
or a similar process, always proceeds in a step-wise fashion? Or does it loop
back and meander? Why?
- Taking notes is a critical part of research. Which of these methods
involves the use of a highlighter to make important parts more visible? Why might
you want to use both methods?
- This website leads to an interesting set of questions called
evaluating
'primary sources'. When you think about it, could these the same questions
work with any information that someone tells you about something they saw or did
(newscaster, friend, ...)?
The Internet Resources
The Big Question
What are three main aspects of this topic? How would
you chunk what you learned into clusters or a concept
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