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Questions to Ask when Assessing the Validity of Primary and Secondary Sources (checklist)

  • By Tim McMillin '97
  • Jul 25, 2016
  • Filed in In Class Activity, Planning an OC Course, SLO 3 Credible Evidence, Text

Word document checklist intended to help students understand and evaluate the validity of primary and secondary sources.

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Strengths

In addition to being succinct and easy to use, the questions are well-written.  The document also explains the differences between primary and secondary sources.

Concerns

This document contains many useful activities for many areas of OC instruction. Finding this in the original document is a bit difficult. You can access the PDF directly below.

Recommendations for use

This checklist could be distributed in hard copy or electronically to students who need to evaluate and assess the validity of primary and secondary sources they are using to support an oral presentation.

Evaluating Primary and Secondary sources