Denzel Washington was recently quoted as saying, "If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you’re misinformed" (Richter, 2016).
Albeit not a new phenom, fake news permeates today's news gathering like never before. Regardless where you get your news--TV, newspapers, Twitter, Facebook--no one's safe from its reach. As educators, we are tasked with prepping students with information they need to be thriving, contributing members of society (hopefully) during school and beyond. Beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic, few skills are perhaps as crucial to our students today as learning how to critically evaluate the information coming at them and deciphering fact from fiction.
The CRAAP method offers students a quick five-step check for doing just that. Here it is in a nutshell:
I have created a Word document checklist for teachers and students to utilize during research. (This can also be found in Canvas Commons.) Teachers who partner with me on database research know I always recommend databases as students' first go-to for reliable, accurate, and timely information, but I also understand that databases aren't a one-size-fits-all tool. For the occasion that calls for simple search engine research, I recommend asking students to submit a completed checklist for each source they use.
As always, if you have questions or would like me to teach your students CRAAP [get it??? 😆😆], please let me know.
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