Evaluate the completed task for quality, accuracy, relevancy, bias, authority, and credibility while identifying the value of and differences between resources in a variety of formats.
Classroom Application
Activities & Exercises
Have students solve a problem using information they found and then defend why this is the right way to solve the problem using an information literacy test like CRAP or SIFT
Request that students answer a question with a direct quote from a source they found and then tell you why the author of that source is qualified and if the author of the information is benefiting (bias) financially, politically, religiously, or otherwise
Have students answer a question and defend their own credibility using quotes from respected authors in the field where they would like to be employed
Request that students find information in one assignment and have their classmate peer review the original assignment by looking up the credibility of those sources using information literacy values to determine if it's too old, from an expert in the wrong field, or if the author of the information is benefiting (bias) financially, politically, religiously, or otherwise.
Success
Locating Information Successfully
Can identify the difference between information produced with personal benefit in mind and information given in order to educate or inform
Correctly quotes an expert in their field who has relevant, recent, and evidence-based information
Can support their own ideas and opinions with relevant data or research that isn't old or debunked
Determines the appropriate information source that matches with an information need (i.e. uses a social media post for a casual information query, but an academic article for a scholarly one)
