The+Research+Cycle+(or+The+Information+Process)

Students should be able to: • identify the requirements of different forms of presentation • consider the nature of the audience for the presentation • select a form and style of presentation appropriate to the audience and the content of the material • prepare the presentation • present the information **Steps in the process** • What will I do with this information? • With whom will I share this information?
 * __Information skills__**

**__Information skills__** Students should be able to: • review the extent to which the end product meets the requirements of the task • assess their use of this process in completing the task • examine strengths and weaknesses in specific information skills • identify increases in knowledge • set personal goals for the further development of information skills. **Steps in the process** • Did I fulfil my purpose? • How did I go - with each step of the information process? • How did I go - presenting the information? • Where do I go from here?

__**Information skills**__ Students should be able to: • begin to analyse the usefulness of each source • use key words to locate potentially useful information within sources • skim each source for information • identify information that has links with the task • assess and respect privacy and ownership of information • decide what to do about deficiencies within information • decide whether information is closer to fact or opinion • assess the credibility of sources which express opinion • identify inconsistency and bias in sources • devise a system for recording and synthesising information • summarise information • record quotations and sources of information **__Information skills__** Students should be able to: • relate the task to their learning • clarify the meanings of the words of the task • identify and interpret key words and ideas in the task • state the task in their own words • work out the parts of the task **Steps in the process** • What do I already know • What do I still need to find out? • What sources and equipment can I use? **Steps in the process** • What is my purpose? • Why do I need to find this out? • What are the key words and ideas of the task? • What do I need to do?

**__Information skills__** Students should be able to: • recall relevant information and skills from previous experience • recognise strengths and limitations of current knowledge and decide whether additional information and/or skills are needed • limit an investigation to a manageable size • identify possible sources (people, organisations, places, print, electronic materials, objects) • recognise the relative worth of sources • select the best of these sources to use • locate sources and appropriate equipment • use appropriate equipment • record details of sources that are used **Steps in the process** • What information can I leave out? • How relevant is the information I have found? • How credible is the information I have found? • How will I record the information I need?

__**Information skills**__ Students should be able to: • review the purpose of the task • combine the information into larger units of information • combine the units of information into a structure • review the structure in light of the purpose of the task • adjust the structure where necessary **Steps in the process** • Have I enough information for my purpose? • Do I need to use all this information? • How can I best combine information from different sources? What did I learn from this? Assessing Presenting How can I present this information? Where can I find the information I need? Locating What do I really want to find out? Defining What information do I really need to use? Selecting How can I use this information Organising The Information Process (ISP) Information skills in the school Quality Teaching Quality Teaching Quality Teaching Quality Teaching Quality Teaching Quality Teaching © State of New South Wales through the NSW Department of Education and Training, 2007 http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/index.htm