English Language Arts and Reading.7.12.D

The student is expected to

identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Have students write their objectives or research questions and use them to identify information that is closely connected to those objectives or questions. Then, task students with locating sources for their research. Sources can be found in the classroom library, campus library, on the Internet, or by interviewing experts on the topic. Then, have students compare information from various sources for consistency and usefulness in their research.
 

Further Explanation

Students should be able to gather information to support the planning of their work. They should have a clear understanding of their objectives when searching for information in source material and be able to determine when information is not relevant to their specific objectives.

Students should understand that the purpose of information gathering is to support the planning of their work products. Students should be aware that not all information will be relevant to their specific goals. It is important that students understand that relevant information is data or information that can be applied to solve a problem or to answer a research question. Students should have a clear understanding of their objectives when searching for information in source material such as websites and journals. It may be helpful for students to write their objectives or research questions and use those questions to identify the information that is closely connected to the objectives and questions.
any communication medium, such as a book, a person, or an electronic device that supplies information

Research

Hongisto, H., & Sormunen, E. (2010). The challenges of the first research paper: Observing students and the teacher in the secondary school classroom. In Practicing Information Literacy: Bringing Theories of Learning, Practice, and Information Literacy Together. Lloyd and Talja (Eds.). Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/3141754

Summary: Hongisto and Sormunen base their work on Kuhthau, who defines information literacy as students' ability to locate, evaluate, and use information. The research uses a cross-disciplinary approach to examining how students develop information literacy skills through teacher-generated assignments. Students use inquiry-based learning (learning by doing) as an approach to gather information from a variety of sources when they are assigned a research paper.