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Chapter 5: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources |
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Analysis of Primary Sources. This site from the Library of Congress Learning Page provides a detailed overview of primary sources as well as some exercises to help students develop the skills to analyze them. http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/analyze.html
Day, Michael. "Evaluating Pop Culture Webbed Resources for Research." Kairos 7.2 (Summer 2002). This article links to four example assignments designed to help students practice evaluating non-academic Internet sources. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.2/binder.html?sectiontwo/day
"Evaluating Web Pages: Experience Why It’s Important." This tutorial from the UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet Workshops provides an exercise with live links designed to guide students through the process of effectively evaluating websites. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvaluateWhy.html
Grover, Mary. "Analyzing the Rhetoric of Websites." Kairos 7.2 (Summer 2002). This Kairos article contains the following assignment: "This writing assignment trains students to understand and articulate how web design works to manipulate Internet users’ behavior and attitudes." http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.2/binder.html?sectiontwo/grover
Losh, Elizabeth."Terrorism, Teaching and Technology: Reading For Rhetoric in September 11th Documents on the Internet". Kairos 7.2. This innovative article offers interesting readings of digital and visual rhetoric surrounding 9/11: of particular interest is her discussion of working with students on the on-line U.S. Government film, "Defeating Terror, Defending Freedom," under her "class" link. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.2/binder.html?sectionone/losh
Piano, Doreen. "Analyzing a Zine." Kairos 7.2 (Summer 2002). This article contains assignments as well as advice about "studying subcultural production on the World Wide Web." http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.2/binder.html?sectiontwo/piano/webzinehome.htm
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