- By Spencer Waugh
- Aug 4, 2016
- Filed in CC3 Consider Arguments, In Class Activity, Online Activity, SLO3 Evaluate Argument
A short description about why it is important for instructors to teach students to look for validity of web sources. The author provides four key criteria to evaluate a web source: Context, Authority, Frequency and Regularity, & Corroboration. She also then describes in five steps how to apply these to a website.
Strengths
The goal of the text is specific: to help faculty help students evaluate the validity of the source.
Concerns
The text is short, and it serves only as an introduction to checking sources for validity. Some adaptations would be necessary for easy student use.
Recommendations For Use
The talk-aloud activity could be effective, but it would need to be converted into a checklist for students to use. The four criteria could be converted into a series of questions that students could use to evaluate the website.