ARM 10.54.6607. GRADE 8 PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTORS FOR CONTENT STANDARD 1 AT THE NEARING PROFICIENT LEVEL

(1) An eighth grade student at the nearing proficient level in information literacy/library media demonstrates partial mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency in information literacy/library media performance. He/she, with guidance: (a) summarizes and restates the task or problem to be solved; (b) breaks down the task into manageable parts; (c) brainstorms a few search terms to guide problem solving; (d) narrows or broadens the topic to manageable focus; (e) identifies possible sources of information; (f) compares two or more resources needed; and (g) decides which resources will be the most appropriate for the problem to be solved.