Helping Students Evaluate Sources by

Common Sense

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:06:59 UTC

Lesson for 7th Graders on Lateral Reading Skills. Cross-referencing sources for reliability. (Includes slides, handouts and a lesson plan).

Carnegie Mellon

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:10:10 UTC

Article on student's struggles to think critically and possible strategies for helping them evaluate sources.

Purdue University Writing Lab

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:14:02 UTC

Nine guidelines for evaluating sources. Helpful tips on detecting bias and propoganda.

The University of Ediburgh on

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:17:23 UTC

A different POV from a source outside of the U.S., with particular attention on how to read URLs.

Nemours Teens Health

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:19:07 UTC

Written from a medical POV in order to help their teen readers.

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:21:32 UTC

Use the CARDIO method for evaluating sources. Similar to the CRAAP method, just worded differently.

National Library of Medicine

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:28:42 UTC

The National Center for Biotechnology Information writes about a study they did on teen critical thinking skills when evaluating sources. Particular interest in the Results and Discussion sections about teen struggles discerning nuances, blindly assigning expertise, and prior exposure skewing source selection. Also, they have over 40 sources for references.

Common Sense

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:29:35 UTC

Helpful resource for teachers. Gives the names and links to various sources for students to start using without having to analyze them.

St. Louis Community College

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:31:52 UTC

The TRAAP Method. Almost identical to the CRAAP Method. The C for Currency is changed to T for Time.

MY Recommended STEPS

jkwalsh20 — 2025-08-06 03:52:56 UTC

Determine the source's VOICE:

Veracity - check truthfulness

Origin - check source type

Intention - discern purpose

Character - look-up author

Era - check published time