21st Century Information Fluency

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Author: Carl Heine, Ph.D., Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Resource Kit Feature Article	What students don't do well	What they do instead
Question to Query May 2006, Vol. 1, No. 0	Turn a question into a query	Rush ahead toward an answer, grabbing some of the criteria or the whole statement
Do You Google? Aug. 2006, Vol. 1, No. 1	Choose the right database	Enter words or phrases into Google
Recognizing Relevance Sept. 2006, Vol. 1, No. 2	Recognize information when they find it	Rush past important information and clues, continue to browse
Finding Better Keywords Oct. 2006, Vol. 1, No. 3	Find better keywords	Stick with their original words and browse
How good is it? Nov. 2006, Vol. 1, No. 4	Verify the credibility of information	Accept what they find at face value, hoping somewhere in the information there is an answer