Filtering and evaluating sources
The filter: from CRAAP to CRRAAB
Students compare CRAAP and CRRAAB to assess both source reliability and whether a source can answer their research question.
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What makes this source worth trusting?
Start with a plausible claim and investigate its origin, interests and evidence. Apply CRAAP / CRRAAB and SIFT to concrete sources.
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What do students do?
Trace a shared claim to its original source, compare accounts and write a judgment with evidence and appropriate limits.
For news discussions, preparation for research and argumentative writing.
Trace a claim to its source and develop an evidence-based argument.
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Academic writing on a sustainability question
SIFT lateral reading: from a post to an argued essay
A post claims NASA found the Earth greening, and that China and India are why. Does it go in the essay? Read laterally back to the primary source, see what the retelling lost on the way, and write it up as an essay that takes a position and can defend it.
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Multi-source checking and evidence writing
From one authoritative claim to verified writing
Students identify specific claims in a statement about short-term rentals in Venice, check multiple sources and use the evidence in writing.
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Interests and funding trails
Following the money behind a claim
Someone sends you a video: CO₂ is not a pollutant, fossil fuels took life expectancy from 30 to 73, so cutting emissions holds civilisation back. It has data, charts and a certain plausibility. So follow the money, and find out who paid for the argument.
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Bring AI into learning. Keep students thinking.
Start with a reading, a piece of writing or a project. See how the Mark of Thinking can support your teaching.