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Students deal with complex online environments every day, and many are being asked to grapple with—and produce—new types of information and to utilize and navigate unfamiliar information environments. Critical thinking skills can empower students to become savvy consumers, producers, and distributors of information and can equip them to navigate and participate in complex twenty-first-century information ecosystems.
The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook provides lesson plans, resources, ideas, and inspiration to empower librarians in helping students develop the crucial critical thinking and information and media literacy skills they need. 96 recipes divided into two parts—Consuming Information and Producing and Distributing Information—explore evaluating information, recognizing scholarly sources, how technology mediates our experiences with information, the economics of information ecosystems, and more, including provocative considerations of issues like copyright and open access and deep dives into pop culture and social media.
Critically examining many of the challenges inherent in our media ecosystems, The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook takes a broad look at the types of sources our students are expected to use and produce, and provides librarians and educators with a series of adaptable and innovative approaches to teaching critical-thinking skills.
Introduction
Section I. Consuming Information
- Part A: Evaluating Information
Identifying the Components of a Research Article
Jane Hammons and Andrea Brooks
Content, Form, and Function: Evaluating the Measured Filling of a Scholarly Article
Jessica Mahoney
Deconstructed Journal Articles: An Active Learning Recipe for Reflection
Lisa Campbell
Like Oil and Vinegar: Exploring Different but Complementary Scholarly and Popular Resources
Malina Thiede
Evaluating Sources on the Scholarly Spectrum
Janet Pinkley and Linda Carroll
Popular Magazines versus Scholarly/Academic Journals
Dusty Folds
Popular and Scholarly Source Stew
Samantha Martin and Beth Miller
Yams and Sweet Potatoes, Jams and Jellies: Differentiating Between Popular and Scholarly Sources
Helene Gold
Who Did It Better? The True Test of Popular vs. Scholarly Sources
Amy Dye-Reeves
Show Me the Ingredients: Tracking Down the Original Ingredient
Joy Oehlers
Assorted Rolls in the Breadbasket: Selecting Articles from a Single Scientific Journal Issue to Please Different Palates
Nancy R. Curtis
Research Telephone: Calling All Chocolate Lovers
Melissa Harden and Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon
- Part B: Working with Popular Sources
Add Data, Mix Well: Finding and Assessing Data Sets
Debbie Bezanson, Megan Potterbusch, and Tina Plottel
Tapas for Success: An Information Source Sampler for Critical Thinking
Leslie Poljak, Marnie Hampton, and Diana Dill
Rate That Source: An Information Evaluation Game
Virginia L. Cairns
Identifying and Diluting the Dominant Flavor of a Source
Lindsay Bush and Courtney Seymour
A Human Library with a Side of Critical Thinking: Considering Oral Narratives and Scholarly Articles
Nancy Goebel, Yvonne Becker, and Kara Blizzard
Cooking from Your Pantry: Using Inquiry to Evaluate and Understand Primary Sources
Pamela Nett Kruger and Adrienne Scott
Boiling Water: Examining Chernobyl as a Method of Teaching History Students about Primary and Secondary Sources
Jennifer Beach
Historic Misinformation Reflection and Remix
Sarah E. Morris
Primary/Secondary Mixed Grill
Abbey Lewis and Emily Dommermuth
Developing Critical Thinking and Archival Literacy through a Three Perspectives Project
Erin Lawrimore
Taste Test: Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Candace K. Vance
It Looks Yummy, but Is It Good for You? Evaluating Images
Olga Hart
Y Tho: Cooking with Catchphrases is Meme-orable
Melissa Langridge and Samuel Kim
Teaching Evaluative Criteria to Increase Critical Thinking: Infographics 101
Dana Statton Thompson
Where the Recipe Goes Wrong: Stirring Bias into the Information Mix
Susan K. Boyd
- Part C: Recognizing Scholarly Sources
From CRAAP to KOALAty
Brittany Hickey
Quit Serving CRAAP, Start making DRAMA
Hanna Primeau
Rotten Resource Burger
Abbey Lewis
It’s a TRAP!
Laura Dumuhosky and Jennifer Kegler
The Best Cheeseburger Ever
Anne Marie Gruber
Scholarly Journal Evaluation Activity
Mellanie Reeve
Reliable Article or Bogus Science: Evaluating Claims Found in Popular Sources
Joshua Becker
Investigate Your Ingredients: Interrogating Sources and Sharing Findings
Martinique Hallerduff and Jennifer Lau-Bond
“Wait, Twitter Isn’t Bad!?”: The Power of a Personal Evaluation Plan
Alexander Deeke
Something Smells Fishy: Evaluating Journals for Credibility
Carolyn Caffrey Gardner and Dana Ospina
Consuming Information Like a Scientist: Evaluating and Comparing Scientific Resources
Rita Premo
Ranking Relevant Articles with First-Year Nursing Students
Brandy Whitlock
Inviting Students into the Kitchen: Inquiry-Based Learning as a Critical Thinking Instructional Strategy
Mandi Goodsett
The Credibility Continuum
Eric Shannon and Leslie Inglis
What’s in the Sauce? Using Rhetorical Analysis to Differentiate Source Types
Joel Burkholder
IF I APPLY: A New Recipe for Critical Source Evaluation for the (Dis)Information Age
Kathleen Phillips, Eryn Roles, and Sabrina Thomas
Evaluating Mystery Ingredients: Chopping the CRAAP Test
Sarah Kantor
Meant to Appeal to Different Tastes, or How’s Your Internet B*** S*** Detector?
Gail Gradowski
Alien Babies and Angelina Jolie: Evaluating Sources Using Tabloids with a Taste of News Literacy
Ashley Cole and Heather Beirne
Scroll-Worthy Sources: Information Literacy Instruction Through Harry Potter’s Glasses Frames
Sherry Larson-Rhodes
A Dash of Investigation: A Critical Thinking Recipe
Jodi Brown and Kristen A. Cooke
Fact-Check Lightning Round
Sarah E. Morris
- Part D: Dealing with Misinformation
Reverse Engineering the News
Marla Lobley and Calantha Tillotson
Trust this Recipe: Trust Indicators and Critical Media Analysis
Nicole Branch, Leanna Goodwater, and Shannon Kealey
The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating: Practicing Mike Caulfield’s “Four Moves and a Habit” Approach for Evaluating Online Content
Elizabeth St. Clair and Jennifer Bodley
Sweet and Savory: Separating Fact from Fiction
Jennifer Pate and Derek Malone
Tin Foil Hats: Using Science Communication Skills to Tackle Science Conspiracies
Sarah E. Morris
A Heaping Scoop of Literacy, with a Side of Gamification
Kara Conley, Kayla Del Biondo, Kim Hoffman, Nicole Potter, and Jillian Scarson
The Whole Facts Diet: No Artificial Additives
Sally Stieglitz
How Do They Know That? An Evaluation Exercise for News
Emilia Marcyk
Cooking up Critical Thinking in the Flipped Kitchen
Kristen A. Cooke
How Sweet It Is: Recognizing Misinformation and Disinformation
Heather Brodie Perry
Discovering the “I” in Bias
Laura Luiz
Food for Thought: Slow Information Principles and Practices
Colette Hayes
Popping the Filter Bubble on Internet News and Recognizing Bias
Lauren McMillan and Vivian Bynoe
Cooking with GMOs: Confirmation Bias and Misinformation in Scientific Controversies
Dianna E. Sachs
Got Misinformation? Critically Evaluating Sources for Credibility, Accuracy, and Usefulness
Neyda V. Gilman and Julia Glauberman
Fighting Infobesity: Creating A Healthy News Diet
Aisha Conner-Gaten, Jennifer Masunaga, and Elisa Slater Acosta
Mindfulness and Information Consumption
Sarah E. Morris
Section II. Producing and Distributing Information
- Part A: Examining Production Techniques and Norms
Why Can’t Intellectual Freedom and Copyright Get Along?
Alyssa Wright and Kelly Diamond
Open Source and Royalty-Free: Beyond the Frontier in Scholarly Research
Sue Wozniak, Katherine Kelley, and Greg Bem
Communicating Research Three Ways: Critically Reflecting on Access and Privilege
Silvia Vong
7-Layer Citation Salad—The Joy of Identifying Distinct Ingredients and Assembling a Glorious Delight: Students as Information and Citation Creators
Barbara E. Weeg and Leila June Rod-Welch
A Pinch of Peer Review
Megan L. Anderson and Linda L. Crosby
Mind Shapers: Participating in The Peer-Review Process
Amy Dye-Reeves
Replicating Research on a Small Scale Using a Scholarly Journal Article as the Main Ingredient
Barbara Eshbach
Evaluating and Selecting Library Resources as Ingredients in Individual Professional Development: Student-Driven Acquisitions
Michelle Costello and Dennis Showers
Creating and Using Infographics: Introduction to Best Practices
Olga Hart
- Part B: Exploring Information Ecosystems and Distribution Methods
Cookies or Cake? It Depends on the Process!
Madeline Donnelly
Excavating the Conversation on a Research Topic
Martinique Hallerduff
Mixing Up an “Authority Matters” Batter
Jen Hasse
Plan Your Shopping: Using the 5 Ws to Map the Business Information Economy
Heather Grevatt
Audience a la Carte: Understanding Information Production through Storytelling
Sam Becker
Restaurant Confidential: Authority and Information Creation in a Crowd-Sourced World
Jenny Mills
Sous Vide or Deep-fry? Teaching Students to Cook Research for Different Tastes
Silvia Vong
Using Popular Media to Craft Research Questions
William Cuthbertson, Dawn Frank, and Irene Korber
Crafting Credible Cocktails: Blending Context, Genre, and a Hint of Pop Culture for the Perfect Libation
Sarah Naomi Campbell, Jenny Castel, and Kelly Faulkner
Stop the Presses!
Sarah E. Morris
- Part C: Navigating Information Online
Writing Buffet
Joseph Matson and Anne Shelley
Poached Barrier Reef: Evaluating Articles on the Web
Judy Opdahl and Denise Kane
Using Wikipedia to Critically Evaluate Information
Kathleen Heidecker and Andrea Metz
Asking Questions Quesadillas
Joyce Garczynski
Mixing Up a Balanced Research Plan: One Part Google to Two Parts Deep Web
Robin D. Lang
Hot Twitter Tips: Recipe for Social Media Success
Haley L. Lott
Repost This, Not That! Evaluating News Beyond the Headline
Bridget Doloresco, Melissa Langridge, and Lirim Hajrullahu
How Social Media Shapes “News”: Thinking Critically about Sources
Michalle Gould
Make Your Own Mix: Using Social Media Stories to Explore Primary Sources
Marcela Isuster
Scholarly Journal Evaluation Activity: A Health Sciences Spin-Off
Carol Hutte
Media Manipulation
Sarah E. Morris