RESEARCHING
Getting Quality Evidence
What Makes good resources/evidence for an academic essay?
Click here to go to Coffee Shop (Padlet) and add your thoughts. The Coffee Shop is where you can go to ask questions of other students or your teacher.
Sometimes you will be directed there to answer questions or you might want to visit and ask for help.
When looking at resources to incorporate into an academic essay consideration needs to be given to credibility and currency. A useful way to remember what to check for is to apply the CRAAP text. This video explains -
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The Word document can be printed and posted near your computer to remind you about the CRAAP test.
Review the sources in Kahoot and determine if they meet the CRAAP test. Go to Kahoot.it and enter the game code 0694845
Read the attached on places to look for evidence on the internet and using the TAFE resources. Click here.
You should become familiar with
1. Google Scholar
2. The TAFE on line resources - ebooks and ejournals
3. Using search options like "" and adding pdf at the end of your search
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See the attached guides on how to access these.
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Now use one of these to find a piece of evidence that passes the CRAAP test and upload it to Padlet.
You are writing an essay on Homework - What's the point - you can either be for or against homework.
Once you have chosen a topic for your essay start using the CRAAP test and search for evidence that you can use to substantiate your argument.