For example, Kelly Walsh’s 2015 article entitled “Good Tools for Teaching Students How to Evaluate Web Content Credibility” begins with “The CRAAP Test.” Alright, now that you have finished laughing at the clever title, the meaning is incredibly relevant the author asks the readers to consider Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (2015). Other websites offer creative and clever acronyms in which to hook someone to use their ideas. This tool will be a great resource for my students as they begin their 2 nd Semester Research Paper.
I think this skill, like all disciplines, are unfavorable for those of us who are tasked with the burden of doing it (Hebrews 12:11). One of the “guides” I found is provided by “who is hosting this.” This 60-second guide to evaluating sources gives steps to take to ensure someone is considering many aspects of their resource before relying on it for their use in an essay or research paper. There are a lot of lists on how to check the validity of your sources, there are few actual tools to do it for you, which in a way, is wonderful as I want my students to critically think through the process of how to use internet sources correctly. Since utilizing this process to evaluate sources, I have found other ways to find strong reference sources. Our librarian has created a form in which students can put their source through this “test” before ascertaining if it is appropriate for use in their writing. The first exposure I had regarding the process of evaluating sources was through the lens of OPCVL.
There are so many ways that writers can go astray if we do not take the time to evaluate our sources. Creating validity of online sources tends to be an issue for students and educators alike.
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