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Evaluating quality of online information

Evaluating data is critical for making judgments on potentially viable solutions or for determining the true causes of problems. These strategies, developed by University of Rhode Island associate professor Julie Cairo, can be integrated into existing assignments to help teenagers and college students learn how to critically evaluate their sources.

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   20 minutes

   By: Julie Cairo

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators

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