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[|What is the Big6?]
Posted on October 9th, 2007 in **[|About Big6]** by **[|Mike Eisenberg]** //**“Data collected from thousands of students showed that students who were taught informative nonfiction using the Big6 approach with a combination of analytical, creative, and practical activities, outperformed students who were taught two alternative approaches (see PACE Center materials below).” — Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., Associate Director, PACE Center, Yale University.**// Developed by educators Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. The Big6 is an information and technology literacy model and curriculum, implemented in thousands of schools – K through higher education. Some people call the Big6 an information problem-solving strategy because with the Big6, students are able to handle any problem, assignment, decision or task. Here are the six stages we call the BIG6. Two sub-stages are part of each main category in the Big6 model: 1.1 Define the information problem 1.2 Identify information needed 2.1 Determine all possible sources 2.2 Select the best sources 3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically) 3.2 Find information within sources 4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch) 4.2 Extract relevant information 5.1 Organize from multiple sources 5.2 Present the information 6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness) 6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)
 * 1. Task Definition**
 * 2. Information Seeking Strategies**
 * 3. Location and Access**
 * 4. Use of Information**
 * 5. Synthesis**
 * 6. Evaluation**


 * Taken from http://www.big6.com/what-is-the-big6/