How to Help Your Students Evaluate Information

by: BSCS

Every day, we are bombarded with information on many issues from a wide variety of sources. Today's students are especially adept at accessing information through the internet. They likely are much less adept at accessing the intent, relevance, and validity of that information. How can you help students make sense of what they access? This chapter suggests strategies for developing students' skills for evaluating information that they gather from a variety of sources.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2009Stock # PB268X_13

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