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Information skills

Phase 1—Defining

Steps in the process

What is my purpose?

Why do I need to find this out?

What are the key words and ideas of the task?

What do I need to do?

Students should be able to:

  • relate the task to their learning

  • clarify the meanings of the words of the task

  • identify and interpret key words and ideas in the task

  • state the task in their own words

  • work out the parts of the task.