Todays student lives and learns in a world that has been radically altered by the ready availability of vast stores of information in a variety of formats.

“Today’s student lives and learns in a world that has been radically altered by the ready availability of vast stores of information in a variety of formats. The learning process and the information search process mirror each other: students actively seek to construct meaning from the sources they encounter and to create products that shape and communicate that meaning effectively. Developing expertise in accessing, evaluating and using information is in fact the authentic learning that modern education seeks to promote.”

(NC Information Skills Curriculum Philosophy, 1999).

Prescription for Research Myopia:

Implementing a School-wide Research Model

Michelle Mills & Tammy Young

Media Specialists,

Charles D. Owen High School

Black Mountain, NC

Living in an information society is NOT always easy …

A weekday edition of the New York Times

Number of Web Pages

1995: 1.3 million

January 2000: more than 1 billion

Rate at which information doubles:• 1900: Every 1500 years

• 1990: Every 3 years

• 1998: Every 18 months

• In 2010: Every 40 days

OK, Why a research model?

“…used whenever students are in a situation, academic or personal, that requires information to solve a problem, make a decision, or complete a task.”

“A systematic research model … provides an information problem-solving process, and a set of skills that provide a strategy for effectively and efficiently meeting information needs.”

IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 20

IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 20

OK, Why a research model?

To prepare students to become proficient problem solvers

To integrate information and computer skills SCOS within other curriculum areas

To prepare students for the 21st century workforce

Research Backs This Up

•“… a school librarian (with) a clearly defined role in information-centered pedagogy plays a critical role in facilitating student learning for building knowledge”

•“More LMC hours open = Higher student usage and consequently, higher test scores”•“…more often students receive library/information literacy instruction … (with library staff involved), the higher the test scores.”

•“Test scores increase as school librarians teach cooperatively with teachers (2000 Pennsylvania study)

•“Reading scores rise when librarians spend more time planning and teaching cooperatively with classroom teachers” (Michigan, 2003)

IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 167-169

Research Model Resources• THE BIG SIX OR THE SUPER THREE www.big6.com• FLIP-IT www.aliceinfo.org/FLIPit.html• FOLLETT’S INFORMATION SKILLS MODEL www.sparkfactor.com/clients/follett/home.html• JAMIE MCKENZIE’S RESEARCH CYCLE http://questioning.org/rcycle.html• IIM Independent Investigation Method http://www.iimresearch.com/IMPACT: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs, p. 21

Buncombe County’s Timeline for Implementation

Media Specialist Focus GroupResearches

Models – Big 6 or IIM Media Specialists @

each school present models to faculty. Each

school votes - Big 6 selected.

2006-07 – Media Specialists receive training in Big 6

Spring 2006

Summer 2007

2007-08

Summer 2008

Teacher teams from each school along with media specialist receive

training.

Teacher teams spend 3 half-days preparing Big

6 projects.

New teacher team from each school along with media specialist receive

training.

2008-09

Teacher teams spend 2 full days preparing Big

6 projects.

Big6

Celebratio

n

•Step I: Topic

Students are required to properly generate their own questions and/or problems around a particular topic.

Teacher Steps:

•Choose a unit based on SCS goals

•Begin unit with class immersion activites

•Introduce/review IIM vocab. and steps

•Model development of concept map

•Assist students with topic selection

•Help students complete concept maps/questions using prior knowledge (if applicable)

•Encourage students to find new vocabulary and create a glossary or vocabulary list

Student Steps:

•Work with teacher to develop class concept map of possible topics

•Choose or be assigned a possible topic of study

•Record information

•Web ideas about topic on individual concept map

•Begin to develop a key vocabulary list

The student demonstrates the ability to:

Determine the information problem to be solved

Reformulate a complete statement of the task

Ask a good question.

Understand and follow printed and/or oral directions

Selection of Teacher Teams

Individual school decision

Unit topic vs. individual topics

Training – Summer 2 days

Fall/Spring 3 days

Renewal credit

Incentive to attend $$ or trade day

Big 6 Celebration

Getting Started at School

• Administrative Support

• Introduction at beginning of school

• Designated TWD training

• Required lesson plans and observation

Hmmmm…..

• Flexibility and easy integration• Continuous Improvement Plans• IGPs• Research Models pull it all together:

– Thinking Maps – Graphic Organizers – Intel – Project Based Learning– Graduation Projects

Good Morning Owen High School

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to use the next 45 minutes

to prepare for a trip to a secret destination. As always should any

member of your imf force be caught or killed, Mr. Johnson will disavow all

knowledge of your actions. This PowerPoint will self-destruct in five

seconds. Good luck.

Eating Disorders – 1st try

So this is why I went to Library School!

Seeking, Locating, and Using Information:

What do I have to do?

1. Research a type of food poisoning/food-borne illness. Complete the food-borne illness organizational worksheet.. Write a minimum 1 page paper, double spaced using the worksheet information.

2. Prepare a bibliography of at least 3 sources used to prepare the 1 page paper. All citations should be in MLA format.

3. Develop a 1 page paper with the following information:

a numbered list of the steps in washing dishes properly by hand,

discuss the advantage of following a prescribed order when hand-washing dishes,

determine why glassware should be washed first and cookware last.

Food Borne Illness Assignment

What information do I need to include?

What key search terms will I use?

Where will I find this information?

How will I record the information that I find?

How will I give credit to my sources?

Foodborne Illnesses

Name of Food-Borne Illness

Causes Symptoms Treatment Prevention Long term Effect on the Body

Personal Hygiene

Cross-Contamination

Time/Temperature Principles

Shelf-Life

Used car vs. New carNew Car

Make/Model/Year EPA/Fuel Economy (MPG) Engine Transmission Trouble Spot 1 Trouble Spot 2 Trouble Spot 3

Cars.com (Vehicle Summary ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

Good Point 1

Good Point 2

Good Point 3 Invoice Price Vehicle Style Warranty

Fuel type Reliability Depreciation

Consumer Reports(Magazine)    

Wrapping all the Candy

• Using Databases

• Using Books (yes, books!)

• Using the Web Effectively

A Few Good Examples

• Civil Rights Magazine• Atomic Theory• Genetic Disorders• Alternative Energy• Vitamins/Minerals Poster• Pure Poetry

Arm Your Students…

Use a consistent research model to teach your students how to arm themselves with information literacy skills that will prepare them to do battle in a world filled with dubious data!

…with the library arsenal

ResourcesBerkowitz, Robert E., Robert Darrow, Michael B. Eisenberg, and

Kathleen L. Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2000.

Hendler, Jordan. "SkillsUSA and its Business & Industry PartnersLeadership in Skilled Workforce Development." Collision Industry Conference (CIC). 23 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ciclink.com/ SpecialPresentations/SkillsUSA.pdf>.

Impact: Guidelines for North Carolina Media and Technology Programs. Raleigh, NC: NC Department Of Public Instruction, 2005.

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