This is "the" definitive work on information literacy. Michael Eisenberg, known worldwide as one of the originators of the innovative Big6 Information Problem Solving Process, and frequent presenters on the subject Carrie A. Lowe and Kathleen L. Spitzer have extensively revised and updated the original book for this long-awaited second edition. Tracing the history of information literacy, the authors discuss its economic importance; examine past, present, and current research in the field; and explain how information literacy relates to the national standards transforming K-12 education...

This handbook shows parents a tested approach for helping children of all ages learn and achieve in an information society. By applying the Big6 Skills for information problem-solving model, parents can help students understand and successfully complete homework and other tasks. Eisenberg and Berkowitz apply the Big6 model to sample assignments in language arts, science, math, social studies and real-life situations. They also discuss computer software, the Internet, and other educational technology tools as part of the problem solving process."

This updated version of The Big6 Collection: The Best of the Big6 Newsletter includes the in-depth articles and practical tips about the Big6 methods that you've come to rely on, with a new twist New topics include the Super 3 - The Early Childhood Version of the Big6 Skills; How to use Task Definition to Achieve Standards; Problem Solving Methods: Another Connection for the Big6, and much, much more This text is a must-have for educators and library media specialists interested in implementing the Big6 approach in their schools."

Presenting the Big6 skills from multiple perspectives, this accessible book provides exercises, examples, and explanations, plus practical methods for bringing together other instructional efforts and this problem-solving approach. Now easily available, this is the first Big6 book showing detailed applications of the Big6.

The Big6 Research Notebook is designed to help you and your students successfully complete research and report assignments, while learning topics of interest using the Big6 approach. Using this tool, the teacher librarian can guide students through the research process in less time, with better results and less frustration for the students. With the Big6 Notebook, the students have a way to organize their thoughts and note their research findings in a helpful and meaningful format.Sold in packs of 25."

The Big6 was first developed in 1987 as a simple, flexible, and broadly applicable approach to teaching and learning essential information literacy skills. At its most fundamental level, the Big6 is a six-stage process model for information problem-solving and decision-making. For over 20 years, the successful Big6 formula has been constantly expanded and refined with the input of thousands of teachers and many more students--in both public and private education settings.

Today's latest incarnation of "The Big6 Workshop Handbook" includes the Super3 process; using the Big6 to teach...

The Big6 approach, the most widely known and used information problem-solving model, encourages information-based problem-solving and decision-making skills that empower students and improve literacy. This practical book enables elementary educators, classroom teachers, library media and technology specialists, and administrators to understand and implement the Big6 approach to information and technology skills learning. This book discusses specific techniques, strategies, and ways to build the Big6 into existing instructional programs. Included are specific Big6 instructional ideas in...

The importance of teaching information and communication technology (ICT) literacy is clear: without it, students will be ill-equipped to find and use information in all its forms as well as produce and present information in all forms. Unfortunately, most ICT literacy educational programs are irregular, incomplete, or arbitrary. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians, and technology teachers need a complete ICT program one with clearly defined goals and objectives, planned and coordinated instruction, regular and objective assessment of learning, and formal reporting of results. This book...