[CASL-L] CRAAP test alternatives

[Crean, Sue]

http://neatoday.org/2020/01/06/students-still-cant-tell-fact-from-fiction-on-the-internet/#.XheEJ0XR_Lg.gmail

Hi - I read this late last night, before I planned to teach the CRAAP test
to my 7th grade students. (I tie it to the 5W's too)  I also have started
having them look for the sources that are quoted and evidence (statistics,
reports, graphs, etc).  However, I was disturbed to read in this article
from NEAToday that the CRAAP test :

'The most well-known example of this approach is the CRAAP test – named for
the five criteria it it is designed to evaluate: currency, relevance,
authority, accuracy, and purpose. Despite its popularity, the test doesn’t
teach students to properly use the Internet to determine a site’s
trustworthiness. In addition, say the researchers, the CRAAP test “has no
basis in research and can actually lead students dangerously astray.”  '


'They urge new research-based strategies to inform high-quality
instructional materials that should be distributed at no cost to every
school in the country. Only then can we expect to move the needle on
students’ digital literacy, the researchers write.'

If you are currently using an alternative (preferably research based),
could you please share?

Thanks,
Sue Crean

-- 
Mrs. Sue Crean
Librarian/21st Century Skills Teacher
Whisconier Middle School
Brookfield, CT
creans at brookfieldps.org
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