ENGLISH 9

Quarter 3: LESSON 7
“Determining the relevance
and truthfulness of the ideas
presented in materials
viewed”
NAME THIS THING
ALUMINUM
Hack All-Star
FOIL
 Which among the
hacks presented did
you find useful?
 Would you consider
using that hack in the
future?
In this lesson, you learn how to
examine resources using the
five criteria for evaluation.
Just like determining which hack was
useful in the video.
MATCHA-
QUESTIO
Task: Match the set of
questions to its
corresponding criteria on
evaluating information
• Who is the author? ACCUR
• Does he or she have the
qualifications to speak/write
ACY
AUTHOR
on that topic?
ITY
• Is the author affiliated with a OBJECTI
reputable university or
VITY
organization in this subject CURREN
field?
CY
COVERA
• Who is the author?
• Does he or she have the
qualifications to speak/write AUTHOR
on that topic?
• Is the author affiliated with a
ITY
reputable university or
organization in this subject
field?
• What is the intended ACCUR
purpose of the ACY
AUTHOR
information?
• Is the information a fact
ITY
OBJECTI
or opinion? VITY
• Is the information CURREN
biased? CY
COVERA
• What is the intended
purpose of the
information?
• Is the information a fact OBJECTI
or opinion? VITY
• Is the information
biased?
 ACCUR
• Does the information
ACY
AUTHOR
covered meet your
information needs? ITY
• Does it provide basic or
OBJECTI
in-depth coverage? VITY
CURREN
CY
COVERA
• Does the information
covered meet your
information needs?
• Does it provide basic or
in-depth coverage?

COVERA
• Is the information reliable? ACCUR
• Is the information error-
free?
ACY
AUTHOR
• Is the information based on
ITY
proven facts? OBJECTI
• Can the information be VITY
verified against other CURREN
reliable sources?
CY
COVERA
• Is the information reliable? ACCUR
• Is the information error-
free?
ACY
• Is the information based on
proven facts?
• Can the information be
verified against other
reliable sources?
• When was the ACCUR
information published? ACY
AUTHOR
• Is the information
ITY
current or out-dated? OBJECTI
• Does the currency VITY
matter in this topic? CURREN
CY
COVERA
• When was the
information published?
• Is the information
current or out-dated?
• Does the currency
matter in this topic? CURREN
CY
 In what way can we
say that a material is
RELEVANT AND
WORTHY?
Accuracy, authority,
objectivity, currency and
coverage are the five basic
criteria for evaluating
information from any sources.
 As a student, you will be gathering
information from a variety of types
of sources for your research projects
including books, newspaper articles,
magazine articles, specialized
databases, and websites.
As you examine each source, it
is important to evaluate each
source to determine the quality
of the information provided
within it.
5 evaluation criteria
include: authority,
accuracy, currency,
coverage, and
objectivity.
Before deciding whether or not to
incorporate what you have found
into your literature review, you
need to evaluate the resources
to make sure that they contain
information which is valuable
and pertinent.
This is especially true when the
resources you retrieved are not
collected by an academic library,
but conveniently accessible
through Internet search. Web
resources need more careful
thought to ensure their quality.
LOOK FOR THE DEFINITION OF
THE 5 BIG CRITERIA IN
EVALUATING RESOURCES:
1. Accuracy
2. Currency
3. Objectivity
4. Authority
5. Coverage
 ACCURACY
- be ensuring that the
information is correct
and without any
mistake.
 ACCURACY
Is the information well researched?
 Are there references (e.g., citations, footnotes, or a
bibliography) to sources that will provide evidence for the
claims made?
 If the source includes facts or statistical data, can this
information be verified in another source?
 If the data was gathered using original research (such as
polling or surveys), what was the method of data collection?
Has the author disclosed the validity or reliability of the data?
 AUTHORIT
Ycredibility
- refers to the
of the source's author.
 AUTHORIT
Y
Who is the author?
Is it a person?
Is it an organization such as a government agency, nonprofit
organization, or a corporation?
What are the qualifications of the author?
What is the author's occupation, experience, or educational
background?
Does the author have any subject matter expertise?
Is the author affiliated with an organization such as a university,
government agency, nonprofit organization, or a corporation?
 CURRENCY
- refers to how recent the
information is.
 CURRENCY
When was the information published?
 For books and articles - you should be able to easily
verify the publication date.
For websites, try to determine the date the web page
was created or updated
Is current information required? If not, then accurate,
yet historical, information may still be acceptable.
 OBJECTIVI
TY
- is representing real, objective
truth despite your opinion.
Being objective means "not
influenced by personal feelings or
opinions in considering and
representing facts
 OBJECTIVI
TY
 Does the source contain opinions or facts?
 Is the information presented in the source
objective (unbiased) or subjective (biased)?
 Does the information promote a political,
religious, or social agenda?
 Is advertising content (usually found in business
magazines or newspapers) clearly labelled?
 COVERAGE
- describe how much of a subject is
discussed, or "covered" by the
source. It is usually described in
terms of breadth and depth. It goes
from broad to narrow and from
superficial to in-depth.
 COVERAGE
 How much of a subject is covered? Look at the time
period covered, geographic areas, issues, people.
 How in-depth is this source? How much detail does it go
into?
 How many topics are discussed in the source?
 Are many sides of the topic covered?
 Is there evidence to back up the arguments?
READING
TIME
 A Journey to Anglo-
American Literature
Read the story entitled “Thank you,
Ma’am” by Langston Hughes on
pages 219- 223
Then, answer the questions on page
223. Use 1 whole pad paper