This module mainly talks about college writing, searching and researching. The most useful thing I learned in this module is how to evaluate sources. First of all, I learned the differences and definitions of regular questions and research questions. The regular questions usually have a right or wrong answer, and it could be easily solved by searching, for example, a question like “How many states are in the United States of America?”, a research question differs in that, it typically does not have a right or wrong answer, you can have your argument and justify your argument by researching, a question like “Why does Russia sell Alaska to the U.S.?” would be a research question. Evaluating sources is important because a good source should have high reliability, quality and utility to justify your statement. Usually, an author with a prestigious master or PhD degree in the field that you are researching, and the information is peer reviewed is considered reliable. Evaluating quality is also important, some articles are not up-to-date which means the information may not reflect the situation nowadays, and the information should be consistent with the author. When reading the source, the utility is also significant. Some articles are written well, but it may not strength your idea. I would like to say that evaluating sources is critical in college writing because it gives you insight whether the source can be used correctly and efficiently in your paper.
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https://osu.instructure.com/courses/60277/pages/lesson-module-6?module_item_id=2828228