Learn how to use Big6.

Use Big6 to create plagiarism proof assignments. The Big6 approach teaches children how to conduct research and to analyze their own work before they turn it in.

The Big6™ Skills
The Big6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem. From practice and study, we found that successful information problem-solving encompasses six stages with two sub-stages under each:

1. Task Definition

• Define the information problem
• Identify information needed

2. Information Seeking Strategies

• Determine all possible sources
• Select the best sources

3. Location and Access

• Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
• Find information within sources

4. Use of Information

• Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
• Extract relevant information

5. Synthesis

• Organize from multiple sources
• Present the information

6. Evaluation

• Judge the product (effectiveness)
• Judge the process (efficiency)

Using Big6

• Go to http://www.big6.com.
  
• Click on Reproducibles. Look at the Checklists and Big6 Research Paper Organizer.
• Go to the Creative Publishing web site.
  
• Once at the website, click DOC/HTML Files. Select Big6 Research Form. Download the form.

• Go to http://www.big6.com/kids.
• Select a topic. Make sure it is narrow in scope.
• Compose 3 questions. Fill in 3 keywords for each question.
• Discuss Boolen Searches. Conduct a search.
• Find a source. Copy the URL.
  
• Open a new window. Go to Citation Machine. Create a citation.
• Copy and paste citation onto the Big6 Research Form.
• Take several note. (No complete sentences.)
• Demonstrate how you cut the form apart to organize a research paper.
• Go to the Creative Publishing web site for final products.