INFORMATION LITERACY: Processing Information

In the Processing Information stage, students look closely at the information they have gathered, sort through it, and decide what is important. Students learn how to record and cite information using a variety of strategies.

 
 Have you taught your students how to...
... distinguish between fact and fiction?  link...
... identify prejudices, bias, and stereotyping?  link...   link...
... identify main ideas and supporting details?
... distinguish between primary and secondary sources?
... identify point-of-view?  link...
... identify cause and effect?
... make inferences and draw conclusions?
... make connections and create analogies?
... avoid plagiarism?    more...
... summarize and paraphrase information?   link...
... make parentetical citations using MLA or APA style?
... take notes?  more...
... construct a bibliography?   more...
... organize information using an outline or storyboard/map?  link...
... develop a thesis?  link...
... how to develop a first draft from their notes?  link...

Reflective Practitioner

Reflect: With your professional learning community, review the information literacy skills required to process information?
Celebrate: Which skills have students mastered?
Act: Identify one skill that requires practise and with your professional learning community integrate its instruction into curriculum.
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