Authority is Constructed & Contextual

[All Levels]
Students are asked to locate illustrated scholarly articles on a relevant topic, describe and analyze the type and purpose of each image and reflect on their own future use of images.

[All Levels]
Students interpret and evaluate several graphs that display information from the same data set, compare the effectiveness and persuasiveness of the graphs and reflect on how they would visualize the information themselves

[All Levels]
Have students evaluate and compare web resources on a given topic, discussing the quality of each and how it was determined.

Beginner
Have students practice reading, analyzing and answering/asking questions about the different components of an academic research article.

Beginner
Students are asked to locate reviews of texts they have been assigned for class, to read the reviews and to evaluate them.

Beginner/Intermediate
Have students explore the information lifecycle by choosing an issue, event, etc. and having them locate examples of sources at each stage of the cycle. Students should also discuss the sources and differences between them and why they might choose one over another.

Intermediate
Students are given a scholarly work and asked to track down 1 or 2 of the sources listed. They are then asked to compare the cited work to the citing work and evaluate the accuracy of the citation information as well as whether it was cited/paraphrased properly, and why.

Intermediate/Advanced
Have students take a scholarly article or book and trace the scholarly conversation both backwards and forwards. Have students discuss how that source uses other sources and how it is used by further research, etc.