Learning Exercise
Using the Internet to Collect Reliable Data for Writing Assignments
The purpose of this assignment is to help students learn to analyze research information, especially Internet webpages. Many students do not realize that Internet information, like more traditional sources, is not always reliable or true, and in writing assignments they often incorporate quotes or paraphrase information that is either spurious, at worst, or misleading, at best. Although students (including us!) have always had varying degrees of success evaluating sources for research purposes, the Internet is singularly ripe for this type of misuse because of ease of access and the ease with which anyone could mislead, either intentionally or unintentionally. Also, we have been slow to formalize special procedures for evaluating this relatively new research and information tool. Students need to know how to evaluate websites so that they are informed about the validity of a website before they incorporate the information into their own writing.
Course: English 1101
- Material:
- Evaluating Web Resources
- Date last modified:
- January 31, 2003
- Created by:
- Susan Phillips
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