Information+Literacy+Models

=Information Literacy Models= There are many information literacy models that have been developed. They all share some similarities while each taking a slightly different path. You should think about what would work best for you and your students and experiment a bit to discover which models are most appropriate for your classroom. Below I compare and contrast four of the models available. Sources: http://www.virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/models.htm
 * Name of Model || Developed By.. || Description || Similarities to Other Models || Differences from Other Models ||
 * 5-As || Ian Jukes || Jukes outlines the different parts of information processing. These include asking, accessing, analyzing, applying and assessing. || Like several of the other models Jukes focuses on students going beyond collecting information to analyzing it as well. || Jukes includes the importance of being able to find the information you need (accessing) which is left out of most of the other models. ||
 * FLIP IT! || Alice H. Yucht || Yucht outlines decision-making with the following markers: Focus, Links, Input, Payoff and Intelligent Thinking. || FLIP IT!, like other models asks students to use "intelligent thinking: and not simply parrot back facts. || Yucht emphasizes the importance of making connections (or "links") during research. ||
 * REACTS || Barbara Stripling and Judy Pitts || Stripling and Pitts developed these steps for the research process: Recalling, Explaining, Analyzing, Challenging, Transforming and Synthesizing. || Analyzing and synthesizing are important components of REACTS like several other models. || Stripling and Pitts include transforming what you have found as an important part of research. ||
 * The Research Cyle || Jamie Mackenzie || Mackenzie developed these steps for the research process: Questioning, Planning, Gathering, Sorting and Sifting, Synthesizing, Evaluating and Reporting. || Synthesizing is an important part of Mackenzie's process like several other models. || The Research Cycle includes being able to communicate ("reporting") what you have found during research. ||

=My own model...= I have attempted to take the best of all worlds when developing my own information literacy model. I found my own model was closeset to Jamie Mackenzie's Research Cycle with some adjustments to fit my own preferences and adding elements of other models that I thought were important. For now I will call it The New Research Model. Perhaps it will get a catchier name in the future.

The steps are.......

Developing a Question: Figuring out what exactly you are trying to find out Creating a Plan: How will you research this topic? What sources will you use? Finding Information: Accessing the information you need. Collecting Information: Gathering the information you need. Comparing Information: What are different sources telling you? Analyzing: What does the information you have found mean? Synthesizing: Putting it all together Communicating: Sharing you information and analysis with others.