1. 2015 Pre-sessional Programme
Independent Learning
Week 4: Research
Skills and Critically
Assessing Resources

2. Critical thinking…
§ What does it mean to critically assess a
resource?
§ What is meant by ‘peer review’?
§ Remember: Analyse, Argue, Evaluate and
Reflect!

3. Critically Assessing Resources
§ Who is the author?
§ What type of publication is this?
§ When was it published?
§ Who is the intended audience of this
publication?
§ Is it suitable for my research?

4. Practice
§ http://www.economist.com/blogs/
democracyinamerica/2015/05/politics-
immigration

5. Activity:
§ Choose one of the provided webpages and
evaluate using the webpage evaluation
sheet.
– Remember: Author, publication type, date
published, intended audience and
suitability
§ Check Alexa.com for analytics information
about each webpage.

6. Homework:
§ Bring some recent feedback from one of
your tutors AND your Advising and Tutorial
Record booklet for the next class

7. Any Questions?

8. Extra Support
• Extra one-to-one support sessions are
available. Sign up in the LRC on Avenue
Campus
• Support groups are running on a number of
useful topics. Sign up with me!
• Conversation cafes are taking place in the
Avenue courtyard at lunchtimes. Just go
along!