Explore representative tools for source evaluation, argumentation and data literacy. These are method guides; full interactions take place in the learning space.
Before citing, examine currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose, and consider bias.
Connect claims with evidence, examine the reasoning, and consider qualifications and rebuttals.
Understand an opposing view fairly, acknowledge what it gets right, and explain the scope and reasoning of your conclusion.
Stop, investigate the source, find better coverage and trace claims to their original context.
Place the main claim, supporting reasons and objections in one structure to examine missing connections.
Relate charts and numbers to the question: where the data came from, what is being compared and what it cannot show.
Start with a reading, a piece of writing or a project. See how the Mark of Thinking can support your teaching.