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 * __Performance Checklist – Discovering the Database – Pre-Instruction Class Profile__**

**Performance Checklists – “Discovering the Database” – Stage I**
 * Purpose and Directions**


 * Purpose -**
 * Stage I – Discovering the Database – Information Seeking –** The “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking” checklist will be used by the instructor to help create the content of the main lesson. The checklist will be filled in after the instructor has read all of the “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking” pre-instruction tests. The student checklists will only be evaluated (and filled in) by the instructor. This gathered information will help the instruction in lesson planning purposes for the lesson the following day.


 * Directions –**
 * Stage I – Discovering the Database – Information Seeking** - The instructor should fill in the checklist after the instructor has read all of the “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking” pre-instruction test worksheets. The instructor will make a judgment call on what areas can be briefly taught and what areas need more in-dept detail and instruction (finding information online, evaluating information online, what is a database and why is it protected by a username/password, and what is the difference between a database and a webpage).

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**Stage I - Directions for Administering “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking Behaviors” Performance Checklist**


 * Directions –** Students will complete the “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking Behaviors” pre-instruction test and the instructor will take the worksheets home for extra review. The instructor will review the material on the tests and will create a class profile of what information is known and what information is not known. This collective information will help the instructor better focus the content of the following days lesson.

1. Where can you find information and resources online? 2. How do you assess the quality of online information? 3. What is a database? 4. Explain the difference between an online resource and an online database resource.
 * “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking” - Questions**
 * “Discovering the Database – Information Seeking Behaviors”**
 * Class Profile Checklist and Additional Comments**


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