National Information Literacy Standards (K-12)
Accesses information efficiently and effectively.
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Identifies a variety of potential sources of information.
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Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
Evaluates information critically and competently.
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Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand.
Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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Respects the principles of intellectual freedom.
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Respects intellectual property rights.
Information Skills and Subskills (K-16)
Definition
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Identifies requirements of research task
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Determines amount/type of information needed to complete research task
Selection
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Narrows topic to be explored
Planning
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Identifies potential information sources
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Identifies potential formats for presenting results
Exploration
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Uses indexes and search engines
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Locates and accesses information resources
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Explores range of information resources
Collection
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Skims/scans information sources
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Identifies and extracts relevant information from selected sources
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Recognizes when sufficient information has been obtained
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Stores information for potential future use
Organization
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Summarizes/synthesizes/classifies final information
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Organizes final information for presentation
Presentation
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Selects most appropriate format for communicating results
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Cites sources appropriately
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Presents results
Evaluation
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Determines future usefulness/applicability of research process