28 May The assignment requires you fill out this worksheet: Fact-Checking Worksheet For this assignment, you will be selecting a popular media source (think verywellmind.org, Youtube, TEDt
The assignment requires you fill out this worksheet: Fact-Checking Worksheet
For this assignment, you will be selecting a popular media source (think verywellmind.org, Youtube, TEDtalks) and evaluating the source material. You will be required to find two peer-reviewed articles
Worksheet and rubric attached
** For psychology, the guideline is to have sources that have been published (or updated) within last 5-7 years.
Fact- Checking Popular Media
This assignment is helping to build your scientific literacy and critical thinking skills. We will take a popular media source (think verywellmind.org or YouTube videos) and compare/contrast with peer-reviewed articles. Remember the CRAAP test as well!
Please be sure to fill in the right side of the table.
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Directions (don’t modify this column, please) |
Responses (be sure to spell-check!) |
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Link to source Title of source |
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Please summarize the content in about a paragraph, pretend you’re explaining this to someone that hasn’t seen it before. |
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Does it pass the CRAAP test? Hint, go back to our learning resources in this module for support. Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose |
C: R: A: A: P: |
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List two peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic in APA format. |
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Compare and contrast information provided in the source with the peer reviewed articles by answering these questions: |
· What information provided by the popular source is supported by the peer reviewed articles? (Reference all three sources here) Example: PR source 1 says ….. the popular source agrees… PR source 2 says….the popular source agrees… · Do your peer-reviewed articles disagree with anything from your popular source? If so, what? PR source 1 …. PR source 2…. |
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Application Why should we care about the topic you selected? What have you learned that you can apply to the real world? |
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Provide an APA-style reference list (all sources listed as in-text citations, including the video or website). (No need to hanging indent) Look at the APA module in our courseroom for more help! |
