Transcript INtopFORM Learning Outcomes QUESTIONING Students ask questions that facilitate the solution of problems and the pursuit of opportunities. SEEKING Students identify information sources appropriate to questions.

INtopFORM Learning Outcomes
QUESTIONING
Students ask questions that facilitate the solution of
problems and the pursuit of opportunities.
SEEKING
Students identify information sources appropriate to
questions of interest.
EVALUATING
Students apply critical thinking skills in evaluating
information, information sources, and their own search
processes.
USING
Students accumulate, synthesize and/or create information
to address questions of interest.
COMMUNICATING
Students communicate information effectively
RECOGNIZING
Students recognize the responsibilities and consequences
related to information ethics and intellectual property.
Seeking
“Students identify information sources appropriate to questions
of interest.”
• Identify what kind and how much information is needed.
• Access information efficiently and effectively
Students who excel at seeking…
Explore general information sources to increase familiarity with
the topic
Students who excel at seeking…
Identify a variety of types and formats of potential sources of
information
Students who excel at seeking…
Recognize that information comes from many sources, both
academic and non-academic, and that different kinds of
information are appropriate for different needs.
• Identify the purpose and audience of potential resources
• Popular vs. scholarly, current vs. historical, primary vs. secondary
Students who excel at seeking…
Recognize that knowledge can be organized into disciplines
that influence the way information is accessed.
Students who excel at seeking…
Recognize that existing information can be combined with
original thought, experimentation, and/or analysis to produce
new information
and, that sometimes information may be constructed with raw
data from primary sources
Students who excel at seeking…
Determine availability of needed information and make
decisions about broadening or narrowing informationgathering
Students who excel at seeking…
Define a realistic plan and timeline to acquire and synthesize
(USE) needed information
Students who excel at seeking…
Identify and select the most appropriate investigative methods
for accessing needed information
Students who excel at seeking…
 Select efficient and effective approaches for accessing information
-Research plan
-Keywords, synonyms, and related terms
-Controlled vocabulary specific to the discipline or retrieval source
-Various information retrieval systems, as needed
-Online or in person services to get help and support
-Extract, record and manage information and its sources
Search Comparison
Students who excel at seeking…
Clarify, identify gaps, revise, refine and are able to articulate
why they did what they did throughout the process.
Seeking
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