Big6 is a 6 step model that allows people to solve problems by using information. Problem solving is the most important life skill that we can teach our students. That’s what they will realistically be faced with in careers in the future- problem solving. Teachers sometimes focus too much on testing of information, rather than problem-solving. In the real world, the information is at your fingertips and there is little need to memorize it. However, there is a need to be able to access the appropriate information to solve the problem at hand. I would like to demonstrate these steps as a teacher who needs to find information to design a lesson on text connections.
The steps:
1. Task Definition- My students are struggling at making text to self connections and I need a lesson that is research-based and engaging.
2. Information Seeking Strategies- I could ask my peer teachers, reading consultant, teacher books, internet websites that recommend research-based teaching strategies.
3. Locate and Access- I would probably attempt at using all of these resources to find the best information. In this case, the teaching strategies that seem most effective and that I know will work with my particular students.
4. Use of information- I view the information carefully and select what I believe is relevant and effective.
5. Synthesis- I would put together the information that I found relevant and effective to create a lesson on connections that would be most effective with my students.
6. Evaluation- I would reflect on the process of creating this lesson plan and I would also reflect on how effective the lesson actually was in teaching connections to my students.
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