WR8.06 Determines appropriateness (credibility or validity) of information sources for a research topic.
Category
Appropriateness
Emerging
Demonstrates difficulty
discriminating between
relevant and irrelevant
sources.
Validity
Demonstrates difficulty
in analyzing a source’s
accuracy and
truthfulness; relies on
wikipedia, etc.
Credibility
Demonstrates difficulty
in locating information
in source that would
indicate credibility or
discredit a source
(author’s bio,
publishing date, URL,
etc.)
Demonstrates difficulty
in determining a
source’s bias (advocacy
group, political bias,
motivation, marketing.)
Bias/Motivation
Primary/Secondary
Sources
Primary: by/factual
Secondary:
about/analytical
May 2008
Demonstrates some
ability to distinguish
between primary and
secondary sources.
Developing
Begins to show ability
independently to
discriminate between
relevant and irrelevant
sources.
Demonstrate the ability
to analyze a source’s
accuracy and
truthfulness (date of
publication, statistical
information, etc.)
Begins to demonstrate
independently the ability
to locate information
about a source’s
reliability.
Begins to demonstrate
independently the ability
to analyze a source for
bias (advocacy group,
political bias,
motivation, marketing.)
Understands the
difference between
primary and secondary
sources and begins to
use both(databases:
SLED, VILDA etc.)
Proficient
Analyzes a source for
relevance to topic
independently.
Advanced
Quickly evaluates a
source for relevance to
topic by scanning
contents.
Analyzes a source’s
accuracy and
truthfulness
independently (date of
publication, statistical
information, etc.)
Independently analyzes
a source’s reliability
independently (looks for
educational credit,
author’s publishing
history, personal history,
URLs ending in .gov,
.edu, .org, etc.)
Independently analyzes
a source for bias
independently (advocacy
group, political bias,
motivation, marketing.)
Quickly evaluates a
source’s accuracy and
truthfulness by scanning
contents.
Understands the
difference between
primary and secondary
sources and consults
both as sources
independently.
Understands the
difference between
primary and secondary
sources and synthesizes
such sources in research
effectively.
Evaluates a source’s
reliability (looks for
educational credit,
author’s publishing
history, personal history,
URLs ending in .gov,
.edu, .org, etc.)
Quickly evaluates a
source for bias by
scanning (advocacy
group, political bias,
motivation, marketing)
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WR8.06 Determines appropriateness (credibility or validity) of information sources for a research topic.
May 2008
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