The Big 6 (Super 3) Lillie Hardieway EDU 505 Fall 2011
Who Came up With The Big 6(3)? Mike Eisenberg & Bob Berkowitz
What in the World is The Big 6(3)? The Big6(3) is a step-by-step, information literacy skills and problem-solving method that provides students with a tried and true approach to independently answer questions, complete assignments, and/or create unique products.
What are the Big 6 Steps?
What are the Super 3… The same idea as the Big 6, but for younger bunch! Beginning (Task Definition; Information Seeking Strategies) Middle (Location and Access; Use of Information) End (Synthesis; Evaluation)
Task Definition What is the question? What information do I need to solve this problem?
Information Seeking Strategies What sources are appropriate to solve the problem?
Location and Access Now that I know what the question is asking me, what information I need to find, how and where am I going to find the information?
Use of Information On to my note taking and/or data collection skills… What can I get from the resources I found ?
Synthesis How can I restructure or “repackage” this information so it’s ready to submit?
Evaluation Ready for my final checklist… Was the information problem solved? Was the information need met? Was the decision made? Was the situation resolved? Does the product satisfy the requirements?
Benefits of The Big 6… Keeps students organized Promotes a meta-cognition skills Trains students to work, think, and problem solve independently Cross-curricular
Benefits of The Super 3… Supports younger learners Sets a good organizational foundation for student Keeps the interest of young students Early intervention works!
Big 6 Lesson… I looked into a 6 th grade Big 6 lesson on shopping because I LOVE shopping and so do my students! Lesson Objective(s): Students will recognize that research is a life skill. In this lesson, students will apply Big6 strategies to research which shoes to buy.
What was the lesson all about? #1 Task Definition Mom gave me $50 to buy a new pair of shoes. What am I supposed to do? #2 Information Seeking Strategies How can I find out about how to get those shoes?
More on the lesson… #3 Location and Access Where can I go to get those shoes? #4 Use of Information How am I going to use the sources I found to get those shoes? #5 Synthesis How will I organize all of this?
#6 Evaluation Can I get those shoes?
Evaluation… This lesson reflected all of 6 of the essential steps of the Big 6 process. It’s objective was to have the students investigate a life skills process (shopping). The lesson was age-appropriate with its topic of interest and did a nice job breaking each step down and giving samples of how the students could respond to each of the six steps.
Reflection… I appreciated the real application of this lesson. What pre-teen doesn’t like to buy things? I think bringing the element of interest into your lessons and thinking processes is essential. Big 6 gives students the steps they need to construct and all solve all kinds of problems throughout the various arenas in their lives.
This lesson was a great proof to that age old questions that students always seem to have, “Why am I learning this? Am I ever going to have to use this in my life?” No we can say with confidence, “YES!”
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