Source Matters
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| author | Henry, Robin |
| author_facet | Henry, Robin Henry, Robin |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Source Matters Henry, Robin Research Libraries Online Searching College Libraries Access to Information Web Sites Evaluation Methods Information Literacy College Students Evaluation is important. As the sea of information grows ever larger, educators must be able to teach their students to evaluate what they find and decide its relevance and accuracy. In the American Association of School Librarians' publication "Standards for the 21st Century Learner," evaluation is a skill (1.1.4, 1.1.5), a disposition in action (1.2.4), and a responsibility (1.3.2, 2.3.3). It is imperative that students learn to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, in the information world. Where students find information matters as much as what information they obtain (AASL). Many university libraries have helpful sites already set up to facilitate students' learning about evaluation. In this article, the author describes how educators can create a Web evaluation lesson to help their students become more critical of what they read online and off. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ899902 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2010 |
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| spellingShingle | Source Matters Henry, Robin Research Libraries Online Searching College Libraries Access to Information Web Sites Evaluation Methods Information Literacy College Students Source Matters Henry, Robin Research Libraries Online Searching College Libraries Access to Information Web Sites Evaluation Methods Information Literacy College Students Evaluation is important. As the sea of information grows ever larger, educators must be able to teach their students to evaluate what they find and decide its relevance and accuracy. In the American Association of School Librarians' publication "Standards for the 21st Century Learner," evaluation is a skill (1.1.4, 1.1.5), a disposition in action (1.2.4), and a responsibility (1.3.2, 2.3.3). It is imperative that students learn to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, in the information world. Where students find information matters as much as what information they obtain (AASL). Many university libraries have helpful sites already set up to facilitate students' learning about evaluation. In this article, the author describes how educators can create a Web evaluation lesson to help their students become more critical of what they read online and off. |
| title | Source Matters |
| topic | Research Libraries Online Searching College Libraries Access to Information Web Sites Evaluation Methods Information Literacy College Students |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ899902 |