Questioning CRAAP

Librarians and instructors see college students struggle with evaluating information and wonder how to best teach source evaluation in a one-time course integrated library research session to ensure understanding and improve student performance. This research compared multiple sections of first-yea...

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Autores principales: M. Sara Lowe, Katharine V. Macy, Emily Murphy, Justin Kani
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Publicado: Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:655572d832d04273a5a178dae876a5e82021-11-10T21:55:49ZQuestioning CRAAP1527-9316https://doaj.org/article/655572d832d04273a5a178dae876a5e82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/30744https://doaj.org/toc/1527-9316 Librarians and instructors see college students struggle with evaluating information and wonder how to best teach source evaluation in a one-time course integrated library research session to ensure understanding and improve student performance. This research compared multiple sections of first-year students over two semesters taught two evaluation methods: the CRAAP method, and the six journalistic question words. Results indicate that students taught to evaluate information using the six question words produced better end-of-semester papers. Results of the pre-, post-, and end-of-semester quizzes were less conclusive, but do highlight some of the challenges first-year students face when determining credibility. Results have the potential to inform instructional practice. M. Sara LoweKatharine V. MacyEmily MurphyJustin KaniIndiana University Office of Scholarly Publishingarticlesource evaluationCRAAPInformation LiteracyTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol 21, Iss 3 (2021)
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topic source evaluation
CRAAP
Information Literacy
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
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CRAAP
Information Literacy
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
M. Sara Lowe
Katharine V. Macy
Emily Murphy
Justin Kani
Questioning CRAAP
description Librarians and instructors see college students struggle with evaluating information and wonder how to best teach source evaluation in a one-time course integrated library research session to ensure understanding and improve student performance. This research compared multiple sections of first-year students over two semesters taught two evaluation methods: the CRAAP method, and the six journalistic question words. Results indicate that students taught to evaluate information using the six question words produced better end-of-semester papers. Results of the pre-, post-, and end-of-semester quizzes were less conclusive, but do highlight some of the challenges first-year students face when determining credibility. Results have the potential to inform instructional practice.
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