Assessment 1 Instructions: Analyzing Sources Worksheet

• Complete a worksheet that analyzes various sources and describes criteria for identifying the objectiveness of a source and will help to develop a strategy for locating sources on cognitive, biological, and sociocultural perspectives.
  

  Introduction

  This assessment gives you the opportunity to explore scholarly sources, analyze their purposes, and determine how to apply those sources to your work. To successfully use scholarly literature, you need to understand its source and components.

  Context

  As you begin your work in this course, this assessment gives you the opportunity to explore scholarly sources, analyze their purposes, and determine how to apply those sources to your work. To successfully use scholarly literature, you need to understand its source and components.

  Instructions

  Use the Analyzing Sources Worksheet [DOCX] to complete your work. Make sure you read and follow the directions carefully.The following article is required to complete this worksheet:

  • United States Census Bureau. (2019). Income and poverty in the United States: 2018. https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2019/demo/incom…

  Submit the completed worksheet as your deliverable for the assessment.

  Competencies Measured

  By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Apply information literacy skills to topics in human lifespan development.
    • Locate information in a government source.
    • Locate articles in the library.
    • Locate information in a scholarly source.
    • Paraphrase information from a source.
  • Competency 3: Explain research found in scholarly articles related to human lifespan development.
    • Evaluate sources for generalizability.
  • Competency 5: Communicate with clear purpose, organization, evidence, tone, and sentence structure.
    • Use formatted APA-style citations.
      

      Analyzing Sources Worksheet Scoring Guide

      CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
      Locate information in a government source.	Does not locate information in a government source.	Locates information in a government source with more than one error.	Locates information in a government source.	Locates information in a government source without any errors.
      Locate articles in the library.	Does not locate articles in the library.	Locates articles in the library with more than one error.	Locates articles in the library.	Locates articles in the library without any errors.
      Locate information in a scholarly source.	Does not locate information in a scholarly source.	Locates information in a scholarly source with more than one error.	Locates information in a scholarly source.	Locates information in a scholarly source without any errors.
      Paraphrase information from a source.	Does not paraphrase information from a source.	Paraphrases information from a source with more than one error.	Paraphrases information from a source.	Paraphrases information from a source without any errors.
      Evaluate sources for generalizability.	Does not describe the generalizability of sources.	Evaluates sources for generalizability with more than one error.	Evaluates sources for generalizability.	Evaluates sources for generalizability without any errors.
      Use formatted APA-style citations.	Does not use APA-style citations	Uses formatted APA-style citations with more than one error.	Uses formatted APA-style citations.	Uses formatted APA-style citations without any errors.