Students use available sources. Students discriminate in the use of logical sources. Students begin to sort and screen for useful, necessary and accurate information, deleting the unnecessary. Students sort and screen for useful, necessary and accurate information. Students recognize unique relationships in search results.
Students apply logical thinking strategies and begin to evaluate results of research data.
Students apply logical thinking strategies to evaluate research results in order to draw conclusions. Students effectively use logical thinking strategies to evaluate and create new information. Think Beginning Developing Fluent Accomplished Synthesize Students are introduced to thinking, inquiry and investigation strategies. Students develop thinking, inquiry and investigation strategies are tools to synthesize information. Students effectively use thinking, inquiry and investigation strategies as tools to synthesize information.