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		<title>Big6™ Graphic Organizers and Project Planners (eNews 9.4, 4)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2008/12/30/big6%e2%84%a2-graphic-organizers-and-project-planners-enews-94-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Lanci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are four organizers developed for four different classroom assignments:]]></description>
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		<title>Methods of Instruction: Research and Library Skills Orientation (eNews 9.3, 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2008/07/08/methods-of-instruction-research-and-library-skills-orientation-enews-93-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beverly Klemenc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Criminal Justice Academy teaches a "Methods of Instruction" course for law enforcement officers who need certification to teach courses at their own agencies. The course is taught about four times a year. Within that course Beverly Klemenc, Librarian for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's Media Resource Center, is responsible for teaching a two-hour module on research techniques and bibliographic citation. Read more!

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		<title>Got Task?  See Big6 Night at Lower Merion School!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Wurster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Big6 kids team at Lower Merion School, Pennsylvania.  Students showed their Superintendent how to buy a car using the Big6 approach!]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Thinking, Task Definition and the Reference Interview (Higher ed)</title>
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		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2005/06/08/critical-thinking-task-definition-and-the-reference-interview-higher-ed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ru Story-Huffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critical thinking skills are a major part of the learning experience, and students soon learn that making sense of vague assignments is part of a college education. This article describes how the reference interview can lead higher ed students through confusion to Big6 success.]]></description>
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		<title>Big6 1.0: Begin Well to End Well: How to Teach Task Definition Skills with Big6 &#8220;TurboPlanner&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2004/01/21/big6-10-begin-well-to-end-well-how-to-teach-task-definition-skills-with-big6-turboplanner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article describes how to help your students create a "blueprint" for a successful project.]]></description>
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		<title>Standards Series, Part 1 of 5: Use Task Definition to Achieve Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2003/12/16/use-task-definition-to-achieve-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2003/12/16/use-task-definition-to-achieve-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Murray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article explores how Big6 #1, Task Definition, can help students achieve content, information literacy and national technology standards. ]]></description>
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		<title>Memory Minder (Grades 3 &#8211; 12)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/30/memory-minder-grades-3-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/30/memory-minder-grades-3-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Oxley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1.0 Task Definition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elementary students]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Related Big6 Skills:  Big6 #1 – Task Definition
Purpose: The purpose of the Memory Minder tool is to aid students in remembering – before they go home at the end of the school day – what information or materials they need to complete their homework.
Learning Contexts:  This tool is applicable across subject areas in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise! What’s in the Box? (Grades 3 &#8211; 6)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/30/surprise-what%e2%80%99s-in-the-box-grades-3-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/30/surprise-what%e2%80%99s-in-the-box-grades-3-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna Pierce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1.0 Task Definition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson introduces the Big6 as a useful tool for research and problem solving; and motivates students to approach research with a positive and curious attitude.]]></description>
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		<title>Powers of the President:  A Study in Presidential Decision-Making (Grades 7 &#8211; 12)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/24/powers-of-the-president-a-study-in-presidential-decision-making-grades-7-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2003/01/24/powers-of-the-president-a-study-in-presidential-decision-making-grades-7-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Berkowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1.0 Task Definition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This instructional unit provides students with the opportunity to study the powers of the President, and the growth of Presidential power over the years. Through library research and the use of their textbook, students access information to be analyzed, evaluated and applied to a simulated situation. Students are required to prepare both written and oral products to demonstrate their knowledge.]]></description>
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		<title>Just Imagine–Stew, Do, Review Technique for the Big6™</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2002/09/20/just-imagine%e2%80%93stew-do-review-technique-for-the-big6%e2%84%a2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2002/09/20/just-imagine%e2%80%93stew-do-review-technique-for-the-big6%e2%84%a2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stew, Do, Review can be used by students who have the ability to think through a project from start to finish and imagine that the project is completed before they even begin. It is an exercise of the imagination in learning.]]></description>
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