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| Library Media Connection | 3 |
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Jansen, Barbara A. – Library Media Connection, 2005
A library media specialist believes students should go beyond the facts and other information they find in sources. They can stretch their intellect and engage them in the learning process. The students can produce more meaningful and significant results by combining information found in sources, their original idea and transferable skills in the…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, School Libraries, Synthesis, Information Seeking
Darrow, Rob – Library Media Connection, 2005
Synthesis can take many forms at the high school level and from a Big6 perspective. Synthesis means purposeful, valuable and interesting assignments. It is very important for a classroom teacher to recognize that students can synthesize information several times during a project and that there are many different ways to present information.
Descriptors: High Schools, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods
Tooley, Melinda – Library Media Connection, 2005
The different tools that are helpful during the Synthesis stage, their role in boosting students abilities in Synthesis and the way in which it can be customized to meet the needs of each group of students are discussed. Big6 TurboTools offers several tools to help complete the task. In Synthesis stage, these same tools along with Turbo Report and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Reports
