Helping with Homework - Mike Eisenberg

The Big Six Skills and Assignments -

Key Questions to Ask Your Child

(1) Task Definition: determine what needs to be done and what information is needed.
  • What do you need to do and what should it look like when you are done?
  • What information do you need to do it

(2) Information Seeking Strategies: figure out the resources to use.
  • What resources can you use to get the job done?
  • Which ones are the best to use for this job?

(3) Location & Access: get the resources and find the information in them.
  • Where can you find these resources?
  • Where is the information in the resources?

(4) Use of Information: read/hear/view the information and take out what's needed.
  • Do you understand the information in the resources?
  • Can you pull out what you need to do the assignment?

(5) Synthesis: pull it all together.
  • How does all this stuff fit together to complete the assignment?
  • Does it look right?

(6) Evaluation: reflecting back on the result and the process.
  • Have you done everything you were supposed to do?
  • Do you feel OK about this work?
  • If you had it to do again, what would you do differently?

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