Complete a worksheet that analyzes various sources and describes criteria for identifying the objectiveness of a source

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:

• Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018.

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.

SCORING GUIDE

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