This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202, we're practicing in-text citations and writing abstracts.
An essential part of #InformationLiteracy is not only knowing HOW to cite sources, but WHY we look for FOUR specific pieces of information in a citation.

This week in both #NAFOBasicTraining101 & #NAFOResearchTraining202 , we are talking about analyzing data.
Understanding how quantitative information is collected, aggregated, and represented is an important skill for good #InformationHygiene

This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202 we are talking about finding high-quality sources. My students have access to all the major peer-reviewed, currated databases, which contain a wealth of sources that are the gold standard in credibility: peer reviewed sources!

This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202 we're continuing to develop research questions and starting to think about METHODS!

This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202 we're talking about how speechwriters, politicians, & advertisers use specific rhetorical techniques to persuade us, & how disinformation pushers can use these same tactics for nefarious purposes, to brainwash & provoke us.

Thanks! #NAFOBasicTraining101 is sorta like spy school--how to observe carefully & objectively & document what they see--so there's no book. But #NAFOResearchTraining202 is research writing on disinfo, so we're using these 2 books. In case your students are interested. 🫡

This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202 we're evaluating communications for SOUNDNESS (factual evidence), VALIDITY (logical reasoning), & effective RHETORIC (tone, style, professionalism, good writing, etc).

This week in #NAFOBasicTraining101 & #NAFOResearchTraining202 , we are talking about #InformationZones

This week in #NAFOResearchTraining202 we are talking about scientific method: what it actually is and how it relates to inoculating ourselves against disinformation.

Can you guess the rule?
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