Students will develop crucial skills in evaluating and analyzing information sources, enabling them to distinguish reliable from unreliable content and recognize potential biases. Through hands-on practice with real-world examples and news sources, they will learn to apply critical thinking strategies that will help them make better-informed decisions in their academic work and daily lives.
This lesson plan is part of the “Developing a Decision Education Course” instructional model. To learn more about the model and to view the scope and sequence, click here.
Objectives
- Evaluating information and sources critically.
- Identifying logical fallacies and biases in reasoning.
