Information Literacy

Defining the Information Needs

Media and Information Literacy
3rd Grading – Lesson 3.1

Reference: 100% Information Literary Success by G. Wilson

WRITING STYLES FOR RESEARCH

•Informative/Expository - to inform or to
explain
•Persuasive – to persuade readers to your point
•Technical/Scientific – writing an experiment
or laboratory results or describing a process
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
EXERCISE 1
Identify which of the ff. are effective (E) and ineffective (IN)

1. Who was Benjamin Franklin?

2. Should older people be allowed to drive?
3. Does the United States have good foreign policy?
4. What effect does divorce have on academic achievement
in elementary school children?
5. How has global warming affected the size of the polar ice
cap?
6. What are the differences between the various processors
available for computers?
MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION

•Formulate Main Research Question as a start

•It should not be too broad nor too narrow
•It should be about your topic and audience
•Can be answered by verifiable facts
•Does not solicit subjective responses or opinions
•Sufficiently specific
 EXERCISE 1 ANSWERS
Identify which of the ff. are effective and
ineffective
IN 1. Who was Benjamin Franklin? (broad)
IN 2. Should older people be allowed to drive?
(vague & subjective)
IN 3. Does the United States have good foreign
policy? (broad, vague, & subjective)
E 4. What effect does divorce have on academic
achievement in elementary school children?
 EXERCISE 1 ANSWERS
Identify which of the ff. are effective and
ineffective

E 5. How has global warming affected the size

of the polar ice cap?
E 6. What are the differences between the
various processors available for
computers?
FOCUSED RESEARCH QUESTIONS
breaks down main research question through the
5Ws

EXERCISE 2
Make possible focused research question to
answer this main research question.
Main Question: Does exercise level positively or
negatively impact food consumption in obese
individuals
EXERCISE 2 ANSWERS
1. What is the definition of and Obese
Individual?
2. What is the definition of exercise?
3. How is exercise measured?
4. Do obese individuals who increase their level
of exercise increase or decrease their food
intake measured in calories?
5. What level of exercise shows a change in food
intake?
INFORMATION
SOURCES
EXERCISE 3
Determine which of the ff. is more accurate.
1. Anne Frank’s Diary or Anne Frank’s
Encyclopedia Article.
2. Live Interview with residents at risk or
newspapers report of residents at risk
3. DepEd’s Order of “No class” or Facebook
announcements on “No Class”
4. Surveys or Review of Related Literatures
PRIMARY INFORMATION SOURCES
Primary Sources are closest to actual event, time
period, or individual in question
•has not been edited, interpreted, condensed or
evaluated
•presents original thinking & observations
Meetings and minutes
Memoirs, Autobiographies Public records Artifacts
taken at meetings
Photographs and work of
Diaries Transcripts of speeches Newspaper articles
art
Literary Works Business correspondences Surveys Observations

Interviews with people Discussions Government documents patents

SECONDARY INFORMATION SOURCES
Primary Sources are removed from primary
sources
•has examined, interpreted, reflected, and reuse
•acts as pointers to the primary sources
•Needs critical evaluation
Conference papers and
Books and textbooks Catalogs and indexes Newspapers
proceedings
Review articles from Newspaper articles that
Theses and dissertations Videotapes, audiotapes
scholarly journals analyze events
Dictionaries and Online media sources
Scientific reports Handbooks
encyclopedias that have been edited
Technical reports databases Magazine articles
EXERCISE 3 ANSWERS
Determine which of the ff. is more accurate.
1. Anne Frank’s Diary or Anne Frank’s
Encyclopedia Article.
2. Live Interview with residents at risk or
newspapers report of residents at risk
3. DepEd’s Order of “No class” or Facebook
announcements on “No Class”
4. Surveys or Review of Related Literatures