Evaluation tools Resources for middle grades students Resources for educators

LART 3010

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Critically evaluate information using applicable criteria

Evaluating Information

Evaluating Information: ACC, AAOCC

Authority Currency Content

Audience Purpose/Scope Objectivity/Bias Accuracy Quality

Authority Accuracy Objectivity Currency Coverage

Evaluating Information: CRAAP

Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose

Find good CRAAP not bad CRAAP

Evaluating Information

READ Reliability Evidence Authority Date

TACO Timeliness Authority Coverage Objectivity

ART Accurate Responsible Type

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Evaluate: Authority

Determine the need for an expert or popular perspective

Who is the author? What are the author’s credentials? What affiliations does the author have? Is contact information provided?

Who published the work? Who sponsored the work?

Evaluate: Currency

Determine the need for a contemporary or historical perspective for your topic

When was it written? When was the information published? Are there multiple editions? Review the dates used in the sources

Evaluate: Content, Coverage

Determine the information need

Who is the intended audience? What is the purpose? Examine objectivity, accuracy Evaluate overall quality Evaluate overall usefulness, appropriateness

Resources for students

Teen GALILEO

Reading Informational (RI)

ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards Discover GALILEO offers a single search of

resources with magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters

Reading Literary (RL)

ELACCXRL: Reading Literary Standards NoveList K-8

Book and author recommendations Curriculum-based book lists (by grade and topic) Picture Book Extenders

Literary Reference Center Literary Criticism Plot Summaries Full-text classics – poems, stories, some books

NoveList K-8

Literary Reference Center

Informational Text

ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards SIRS Discoverer

General reference Newspapers, magazines Government documents Educational weblinks Photos, charts, maps

SIRS Discoverer

History/Social Studies (RH)

History Reference Center

Digital Library of Georgia

Library of Congress American Memory

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Science & Technical Subjects (RST)

Middle Search Plus

The Math Forum

National Science Digital Library

WolframAlpha

Resources for educators

Common Core Correlations

SIRS Discoverer Educators’ Resources Common Core Correlations

On-Level Text

Many GALILEO resources include Lexile scores

Encyclopædia Britannica

Look in Teachers’ Resources in any grade level Click the orange buttons for Curriculum Standards

Stay Connected, Find Support

Your Media Specialist & Media Center GALILEO Supports the CCGPS GLMA blog

GA Library Media Association GALILEO staff post monthly

Library of Congress lesson plans & more that meet Common Core standards

Smithsonian Education searchable by topic, discipline, and grade level

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