The Big6 in Research and Professional Articles

The Big6 & Information Problem-Solving: Inquiry Every Day and Every Way!

• “Beyond the Research Project: Inquiry Every Day and Every Way” in Knowledge Quest (November/December, 2018)

the Big6 and Inquiry & Information Literacy

• The Big6 Works: Empirical Evidence from One Middle School’s Experience, Big6 eNewsletter, 11.2.1

• Report: Yale University Includes Big6 in Triarchic Instruction Study

• The Big Six Information Skills As a Metacognitive Scaffold

• The Big6 and Student Achievement Super3 Action Research Report

• Project Information Literacy - Project Information Literacy (PIL) is an extensive information literacy research project, based in the University of Washington's Information School. The researchers are Dr. Alison Head and Mike Eisenberg, co-creator of the Big6. The goal of PIL is to understand how early adults conceptualize and operationalize research activities for course work and "everyday life" use and especially how they resolve issues of credibility, authority, relevance, and currency in the digital age.

• Developing Information Literacy Skills Lesson Plans Integrated into the 6th Iranian Primary Science Curriculum based On the Big6 Model

 Writings and examples from the Big6 eNewsletter and other sources

• The Big6™ Helps Students Achieve Standards By Janet Murray

• Information Alchemy

• The International Baccalaureate Program in International Schools and Big6: A Wonderful Partnership

• Citing - for the Very Young (Super3 style)

• Using the Big6 to Prevent Plagiarism

• Testing Information Literacy Skills

• Critical Thinking, Task Definition and the Reference Interview

• Location and Access: Evaluate Sources Early and Often

• The Big6™ and Special Needs Students: My Personal Experience

• The Big6 Works: Empirical Evidence from One Middle School's Experience

• Creating Revolution, Big6 Style

• How the Big6 Took Me from Lazy Language Arts Teacher to Motivated Media Specialist

• The Big6 and Freshman Year: How to Select Courses

• INFOcus: Use of Information

• Higher Ed Collaboration: The Key to a Successful Partnership

• Using the Big6™ in a University Writing Course: A Collaborative Teaching Experience

• STEP: Success in Teaching Enhanced through Partnerships (History)

• Podcasting and Professional Development: How Podcasting Forms More Questions Than Answers for Educators