Students will be able to
*evaluate the sources they researched for the GRP.
Remember, always keep in mind as you go through this process of writing a research paper:
PURPOSE FOR THE GRP AND THE IRP
Choose an issue that affects a specific group of people (i.e. children, teenagers, women, etc.) in your local community, state, country, or region. Then choose an organization or a policy maker that has addressed or tried to solve that problem in the past. Write a problem-solution paper that either 1) critiques 1-2 of the current solutions and recommends 1-2 other ideas.
1. Let's take a look at what you propose as the solution to investigate and at the sources you research to learn more about that solution.
Solutions
sources
2. Review the characteristics of academic writing. Check on the class blog, click on Features of Academic Writing.
3. Evaluating the reliability of a source:
Definition: The quality or state of being dependable.
Synonyms: dependability, responsibility, solidity, sureness, trustability, trustworthiness.
Open the PPP on reliability of websites and go over the information.
After checking each website decide if you would use it for a research paper or not. Say why.
Briefly write what makes a website reliable.
Tips on evaluating a source for reliability:
a) Think about how reliable you need the information to be.
Writing a research paper in university? You need to be strict about sources.
b) Consider the medium with which you are working.
Generally, the more that is invested in the creation and publishing of the material, the more
likely you are to find reliable information.
Peer-reviewed journals
c) Research the author
Who is he/she? Where does he work? What is her education background? Does he have
experience in the field? Has she been cited by other authors?
d) Check the date (publication and revision)
e) Investigate the publisher
f) Evaluate the source's sources (bibliography?)
g) Identify bias (objectivity)
4. Individually, quickly evaluate the two sources you proposed using the criteria you have review today.
a) Decide if the sources you submitted provide information you can use in your paper for:
*the purpose of the paper you are writing
*topic background (providing education to homeless children)
*organization (Homeless Children Education Fund)
*Solution we will investigate (creation of learning centers and resource library to provide homeless children with a place to study and socialize)
If not, you need to keep researching for more appropriate sources. Try to do it today in class, otherwise you will have to do it as a homework.
b) Write 2 - 3 sources justifying the reliability of the source for the GRP.
5. In groups of two, present each other your sources and discuss their reliability. Choose one source, from the four you together will have, and do the following:
a) On the class Google doc, please write
b) your name
c) the title of the source
d) the link (check that it is easy to access it from the document)
e) the explanation to justify this source's reliability
Homework:
1. If you could not finish the submitting of your sources for the GRP, do so on the Google doc by tomorrow Tuesday, March 6, at 10:00 AM. I will look at the sources submitted and choose three we will read for the GRP.
2. Choose a solution for your IRP. (Due Tuesday, March 6, 12:00 midnight)
3. Evaluate the two sources you have for the IRP. Check if they meet the requirements for the writing of your paper (purpose, background, organization, etc.) Write 2-3 sentences justifying their reliability.
Go to Dropbox, click on your IRP file, open a new folder and name it
solution__ source reliability
Upload here: a) a brief statement explaining the solution you will investigate.
b) two sources (with a clear title and link that is easy to follow)
c) a 2-3 sentence statement justifying the realibility of each sentence.
(Due: Tuesday, March 5, 12:00 midnight)
Sources
1. PPP on reliability was taken from
Hewitt, K. (2011). Evaluating Source Reliability. ESL 115 TA Resources.
http://esl115ta.blogspot.com/2012/01/evaluating-source-reliability.html
2. Tips to evaluate a source's reliability were taken from
WikiHow. How to Evaluate the Credibility of a Source. Retrieved from
http://www.wikihow.com/Evaluate-the-Credibility-of-a-Source
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