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Direct linkWopereis, Iwan G. J. H.; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This special section contributes to an inclusive cognitive model of information problem solving (IPS) activity, touches briefly IPS learning, and brings to the notice methodological pitfalls related to uncovering IPS processes. Instead of focusing on the IPS process as a whole, the contributing articles turn their attention to what is regarded the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Information Skills, Internet, Models
Download full textTucker, Shelia Y. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
According to (P21), Partnership for 21st Century Skills (n.d.), unless the gap is bridged between how students learn and how they live, today's education system will face irrelevance. The way people work and live has been transformed by demographic, economic, political, technological, and informational forces. Schools must adapt to these…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Change, Educational Change, Access to Computers
Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Kuo, Fan-Ray – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
As knowledge rapidly expands and accumulates, training and assessing students' information searching ability for solving problems on the Internet has become an important and challenging issue. This research aims to improve the web-based problem solving abilities of primary school students by employing an information summarising approach for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Experimental Groups
Curcic, Svjetlana – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of instruction in information problem solving within the world wide web (the web) environment. The participants were 20 seventh and eighth grade students with a learning disability (LD) in reading. An experimental pretest-posttest control group method was used to investigate the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Pretests Posttests, Prior Learning, Problem Solving
Brand-Gruwel, Saskia; Wopereis, Iwan; Walraven, Amber – Computers & Education, 2009
This paper presents the IPS-I-model: a model that describes the process of information problem solving (IPS) in which the Internet (I) is used to search information. The IPS-I-model is based on three studies, in which students in secondary and (post) higher education were asked to solve information problems, while thinking aloud. In-depth analyses…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Information Skills, Internet, Models
Eisenberg, Michael B. – MultiMedia Schools, 2001
Discusses the goal of K-12 education to have students learn to use technology, defines computer literacy, and describes the Big6 process model that helps solve information problems. Highlights include examples of technology in Big6 contexts, Big6 and the Internet, and the Big6 as a conceptual framework for meaningful technology use. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses models for information skills that include inquiry-oriented activities. Highlights include WebQuest, which uses Internet resources supplemented with videoconferencing; Minnesota's Inquiry Process based on the Big Six model for information problem-solving; Indiana's Student Inquiry Model; constructivist learning models for inquiry; and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Inquiry
Peer reviewedEisenberg, Mike B – TechTrends, 2003
Explains the Big6 model of information problem solving as a conceptual framework for learning and teaching information and technology skills. Highlights include information skills; examples of integrating technology in Big6 contexts; and the Big6 and the Internet, including email, listservs, chat, Web browsers, search engines, portals, Web…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Information Skills, Internet
Roblyer, M. D. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
Summarizes the "Big Six" information literacy skills and examines some of the research on the problems involved in information literacy for both teachers and students. Implications of these studies and guidelines for student use of the Internet are discussed. (PEN)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Information Literacy, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedPaul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Big6 Newsletter, 1997
Discusses the use of technology and the Internet in society and especially in our schools. Highlights include technology as a tool to help achieve educational goals; helping students use computers proficiently; technology and computer literacy; integrating computer skills within the Big6 information problem-solving process; and teaching integrated…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedMurray, Janet – TechTrends, 2003
Describes the use of Big6 strategies in guiding student research projects as part of a cooperative program between teachers and the school librarian. Topics include information seeking strategies; evaluating information sources; locating information using search engines; analyzing information sources; and achieving information literacy and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Information Literacy
Andronik, Catherine M., Comp. – 1999
In the past 10 years there has been a revolution in information technologies, a revolution that has forever changed the way librarians and library media specialists view and teach "library skills". The frightening thing is that 5 or 10 years from now, many of today's most exiting and promising innovations will be completely obsolete, and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Ethics, Information Literacy
Eisenberg, Michael B.; Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1996
The purpose of this book is to help parents become partners in their children's success in school by offering them practical ways to help with homework and assignments. Parents can use the Big Six Skills information problem-solving process to effectively deal with the abundance of information available from many sources and guide their children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Berkowitz, Robert E. – 1996
Parents can play an important role in helping their children succeed in school. This ERIC Digest presents the Big Six Skills problem-solving method as an effective approach for parents. The Big Six Skills apply to any problem or activity that requires a solution or result based on information. The Big Six can help parents effectively deal with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
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