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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Big6 Information Processing

Later in the semester, I will be presenting at the English symposium here on campus. I will be talking about the Big6, which is an information processing model that can help students do their research. The steps of the Big6 are:

1.Task Definition
2. Information Seeking Strategies
3. Location and Access
4. Use of Information
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation

Here is a video that goes into the Big6 in more detail:


Just like the video says, anyone can use the Big6 method to do just about anything, from deciding which movie to see to writing a PhD dissertation. My presentation will go into more depth about how to teach each step of the process separately, so that students are guided through the process to their final product, a research paper, and then evaluate the process. When students are explicitly taught how to perform each step in the Big6, they will be able to replicate the process later in their education (or on any free afternoon), and be much more successful!

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