ECOMP 6102: Create Selected Response Questions

Please write ONE test item for each cell in your Table of Specifications (9 q's total) and Identify the learning Target for each question.

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Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-14)
5. Evaluate digital resources to determine the credibility of the author and publisher and the timeliness and accuracy of the content. (3)

Content	Knowledge & Understanding	Deductive Reasoning	Evaluative Reasoning	Total
Credibility	10	15	15	40
Timeliness	10	20	20	50
Accuracy	15	20	20	55
Total	35	55	55	145_

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1. Does the author provide his/her name and email address? (LT: identify the source of the information for citation purposes)

Yes

No

2. Does the website show the date when it was last updated? (LT: determine if information is being checked and modified on a regular basis)

Yes

No

3. Do the links going to other sites lead you to where they said they would? (LT: determine if information is being supported by other sources)

Yes

No

4. A website ending in the domain .net is always credible. (LT: know the difference between different types of website domains)

True

False

5. Are you more likely to think that a website is credible if it is updated every: (LT: websites that are updated on a regular basis are more likely to have relevant information)

A. year

B. month
C. week

6. Websites that contain several “dead links” should be considered questionable. (LT: the persistence of dead links point to a site that is not being updated regularly)

True

False

7. Which site could you trust to give you credible resources for researching project topics? (LT: verify the credibility of a site by checking its claims against another source you know to be trustworthy)

A. Follet Destiny

B. Google

C. Wikipedia 

8. A website is more credible if the date it was last updated is changes between pages. (LT: sites that time stamp when each “page” was updated give us a better idea of what content is being updated)

True

False

9. If a photo looks like it might have been changed you should: (LT: images and pictures that have been modified or “photoshop’d” should be considered suspicious)

A. trust the photo

B. ignore the photo
C. check some of the other photos