1 Outcomes and Indicators Crosswalk

SSE – match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

Outcome: CR A10.4

Indicator: Use available technologies to retrieve, select, and interpret information from a variety of sources.

-Use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

SSE – match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

Indicator: Write an inquiry report that includes information related to focus or thesis, and drawn from reliable, relevant sources that are cited.

-Recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged

-Monitor the value that is placed upon different types of information products in varying contexts

ACC – Define different types of authority, such as subject expertise, societal position, or special experience

-Recognize that authoritative content may be packaged formally or informally and may include sources of all media types

Indicator: Describe, discuss, and analyze the distinctive conventions, structure, and language features of a range of texts and explain how they suit the topic and purpose.

Indicator: Read about a particular event or issue, using texts from a range of sources, including magazines, newspapers, cartoon, and letters to the editor to identify different point of view or angles.

Indicator: Compare the characteristics of different texts and consider the reason for these differences, in terms of topic, purpose, and point of view.

-Use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

SSE – match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

Indicator: Write a problem-solution essay that includes all the important facts and reasons.

ICP – Recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged

-Assess the fit between an information product’s creation process and a particular information need

RAI – monitor gathered information and assess for gaps and weaknesses

-draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

Indicator: Demonstrate critical reading behaviour by:

– including identifying and analyzing explicit and implicit messages, viewpoints, and concepts;

– identifying the main ideas of informational text, determining the essential elements that elaborate on those ideas, and evaluating the texts for their clarity, simplicity, and coherence as well as appropriateness of graphic and visual appeal;

– recognizing the use or abuse of rhetorical devices, ambiguity, contradictions, paradox, irony, incongruities, overstatement, and understatement in text, and explain their effect on the reader;

– identifying the ways in which a text’s organizational structure and elements support or confound its purpose;

– identifying and analyzing persuasive techniques; relating understanding of a range of texts to personal experience, purposes, audience, and other texts;

– evaluating credibility, logic, truthfulness, trust, and validity;

– differentiating fact from opinion; differentiating between literal and figurative statements; paraphrasing and précising literary and informational texts.

– determine an appropriate scope of investigation

– use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

– monitor gathered information and assess for gaps and weaknesses

– organize information in meaningful ways

-synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources

– draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

SSE – determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs

– utilize divergent (brainstorming) and convergent (selecting the best source) thinking when searching

– match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

– design and refine needs and search strategies as necessary, based on search results

– manage searching processes and results effectively

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

ICP – develop, in their own creation processes, an understanding that their choices impact the purposes for which the information product will be used and the message it conveys.

Indicator: Create a variety of written communications:

– using various elements of discourse that include relevant information and exclude extraneous information;

-provide facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, explains benefits or limitations, comparing or contrasting, or providing graphics or illustrations;

-clarify and defend positions with relevant evidence, including facts, expert opinions, quotations, and/or expressions of commonly accepted beliefs and logical reasoning.

Indicator: Write an essay of argument/persuasion (or an editorial) that states clearly a position about the current issue or problem; supports the position with reason, is persuasive, and offers realistic solution; provides support and answers/addresses any objection.

SAC – Cite the contributing work of others in their own information production

– critically evaluate contributions made by others in participatory information environments

– recognize that a given scholarly work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue

RAI – monitor gathered information and assess for gaps or weaknesses

– organize information in meaningful ways

– draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

ACC – use research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources, understanding the elements that might temper this credibility

Indicator: Identify and analyze explicit and implicit messages, viewpoints, and concepts; analyze the ways in which a text’s organizational structure and elements support or confound its purpose; relate understanding of a range of texts to personal experience, purposes, audience and other texts; evaluate accuracy, credibility, logic, and usefulness of ideas and information presented; test ideas and values presented in texts.

Indicator: Paraphrase the main ideas, events, or themes in a variety of sophisticated literary and informational texts, along with supportive evidence.

Indicator: Support a position, interpretation, or response by citing specific details, features, and ideas from what was read.

– determine an appropriate scope of investigation

– use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

– monitor gathered information and assess for gaps and weaknesses

– organize information in meaningful ways

-synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources

– draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

SSE – determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs

– utilize divergent (brainstorming) and convergent (selecting the best source) thinking when searching

– match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

– design and refine needs and search strategies as necessary, based on search results

– manage searching processes and results effectively

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

ICP – develop, in their own creation processes, an understanding that their choices impact the purposes for which the information product will be used and the message it conveys.

Indicator: Provide facts and details, describe or analyze subject, explain benefits or limitations, compare or contrast, or provide graphics or illustrations;

-clarify or defend positions with relevant evidence, including facts, expert opinions, quotations, and/or expressions of commonly accepted beliefs and logical reasoning;

-anticipate potential misunderstandings, problem, or mistakes that might arise of an audience.

Indicator: Prepare and write an inquiry/research paper that sizes up the topic and includes important details, facts, ideas, quotations, statistics, and other data; uses primary and secondary sources that have been judged for their accuracy completeness, currency, and biases; cites sources and avoids plagiarism; includes sources and a works-cited page and title page.

Indicator: Write and editorial that conducts research to collect evidence and to provide examples; uses evidence and ethical, logical arguments to support the thesis statement and purpose, and to persuade the audience.

Indicator: Write a literary analysis that uses the text as evidence.

SAC – Cite the contributing work of others in their own information production

– critically evaluate contributions made by others in participatory information environments

– recognize that a given scholarly work may not represent the only or even the majority perspective on the issue

RAI – monitor gathered information and assess for gaps or weaknesses

– organize information in meaningful ways

– draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

ACC – use research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources, understanding the elements that might temper this credibility

Indicator: evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of information presented

– determine an appropriate scope of investigation

– use various research methods, based on need, circumstance, and type of inquiry

– monitor gathered information and assess for gaps and weaknesses

– organize information in meaningful ways

-synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources

– draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information

SSE – determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs

– utilize divergent (brainstorming) and convergent (selecting the best source) thinking when searching

– match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

– design and refine needs and search strategies as necessary, based on search results

– manage searching processes and results effectively

IHV – Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

ICP – develop, in their own creation processes, an understanding that their choices impact the purposes for which the information product will be used and the message it conveys.

Indicator: Create a variety of written communications using various elements of discourse that provide facts and details, describe or analyze subject, explain benefits or limitations, compare or contrast, or provide graphics or illustrations;

-clarify and defend positions with relevant evidence, including facts, expert opinions, quotations, and/or expressions of commonly accepted beliefs and logical reasoning;

-anticipate potential misunderstanding, problems, or mistakes that might arise for the audience.

Indicator: Write a position paper that supports writer’s position with the most important facts, details, and logical reasons arranged in a coherent and convincing order.