Evaluating Nonfiction Resources

Teaching students to evaluate the print and Internet resources that they come across in every day reading and during class research is incredibly important in this day and age.  We live in a world where students have a plethora of information right at their fingertips.  One of our major jobs as educators is to teach them to be discerning in what they believe when they come across different sources of information.

So how do you evaluate the information you find?  There are plenty of ways that you can use and all it takes is one simple Google search to find a multitude of ideas and evaluation checklists and so forth.  This year, here at FDHS, we're giving the C.R.A.P. test a try!  It's a simple acronym with just 4 key things to remember when you're testing a resource.

Currency | Reliability | Authority | Purpose

So what do you think?  Give it a try in your classroom!