Standard 6: Research
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Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.
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READING: Students will comprehend, evaluate, and synthesize resources to acquire and refine knowledge. |
8.6.R.3 Students will determine the relevance, reliability, and validity of the information gathered.
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Student Actions
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Teacher Actions
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- Students will determine that the information applies to the topic
- Students will decide if the sources used are trustworthy and credible.
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- Teachers model how to determine if information is relevant to a topic (e.g. Find reliable and non-reliable sources and explain the differences between the two).
- Teachers provide students with opportunities to find relevant information.
- Teachers monitor students’ ability to determine whether or not information is relevant and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback.
- Teachers model how to determine if information is credible.
- Teachers provide students with opportunities to determine the credibility of information.
- Teachers monitor students’ ability to determine whether or not information is credible and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback.
- Teachers will explain to students that using several types of sources will make their information more reliable and their research more credible.
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Supporting Resources
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Teacher Insights
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OSSBA Oklahoma Library of Digital Resources Grade 8 writingfix.com:Wacky We Search by Barry Lane Website evaluation lessons: BetterLesson/Evaluating Websites and Teacher Tap/Evaluating Internet Resources |
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Relevance refers to the source being appropriate to the student’s topic.
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For example, a fact that 75% of students own a cell phone doesn't directly support the statement that cell phones can be used as educational tools, but it does relate to the general topic of cell phones.
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Reliability: A website or text should be produced by a trustworthy source; it refers to the credibility of the source.
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A source containing bias would be unreliable.
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Bias may include: corporate ownership, confirmation bias, sociocultural bias, etc.
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Validity refers to the information’s accuracy and/or the source’s logical conclusions.
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Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.
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