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The Big 6

The Big 6. CED505 Jane Knerr. The ‘WH’ of the Big 6. Who: Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz What: Technology Teaching Approach When: Whenever Information is Needed Where: Thousands of K-12 schools Why: To Find, Process and Use Information E ffectively How: Six Stage Process.

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The Big 6

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  1. The Big 6 CED505 Jane Knerr

  2. The ‘WH’ of the Big 6 • Who: Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz • What: Technology Teaching Approach • When: Whenever Information is Needed • Where: Thousands of K-12 schools • Why: To Find, Process and Use Information Effectively • How: Six Stage Process

  3. The Big 6 Skills

  4. Big 6 and Evidence Based Practice • Empirical Evidence • Mixed Method • 187 sixth graders • 18.02 increase for pretest to posttest • Dr. Emily S. Harris • Middle School Case Study • strengthened metacognitive skills • Increased problem solving abilities • Improved proficiency with knowledge-management tasks • Sara Wolf • One High Schools Student Achievement • Increase in the number of students who passed the American History Regents Exam (53% to 91%) • Scott Hopsicker

  5. Big 6 Appraisal • The scaffolding approach develops metacognitive skills that are beneficial to all learning+ • Added benefit is increased performance and test scores • A great fit for the Common Core • Develops student's ability to apply knowledge

  6. Big 6 Lesson Reflection • Lesson: Banana Splits http://big6.com/pages/lessons/lessons/banana-splits.php • Provided detailed description of each stage and their two sub-stages • Provided the specific vocabulary related to Big 6 • The suggestion to add unnecessary items fores students to determine what is necessary • This simple lesson is a great introduction to Big 6 • Provides multiple opportunities for expansion

  7. References LINKS • http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6-works.php • http://www.uen.org/k12educator/big6/ • http://big6.com/ • http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume62003/bigsixinformation "Big 6 Resorces." 1987. Utah Education Network. Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. 22 October 2012 <http://www.uen.org/k12educator/big6/>. Big6 Skills Overview. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/about/big6-skills-overview.php>. Harris, Emily S. The Big6 Works: Empirical Evidence from One Middle School’s Experience, Big6 eNewsletter, 11.2.1. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6-works.php>. Hopsicker, Scott. The Big6™ and Student Achievement Author: Kathleen L Spitzer. <http://big6.com/pages/about/research/the-big6trade-and-student-achievement.php>. Little, Tammi. Banana Splits. 2012. 22 October 2012 <http://big6.com/pages/lessons/lessons/banana-splits.php>. Wolf, Sara. The Big Six Information Skills As a Metacognitive Scaffold: A Case Study. June 2003. 22 October 2012 <http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume62003/bigsixinformation>.

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