Comments on: Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? – A Research Puzzle http://redhatrob.com/2008/05/did-fleming-rescue-churchill-a-research-puzzle/ The Director's Blog - Rob Shearer, Francis Schaeffer Study Center, Mt. Juliet, TN Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: redhatrob http://redhatrob.com/2008/05/did-fleming-rescue-churchill-a-research-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-97 redhatrob Wed, 28 May 2008 07:18:32 +0000 http://redhatrob.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-97 Wikipedia is not a bad place to visit for a quick orientation on many topics. The problem is, one cannot always be certain that the information will be accurate. I find myself reading wiki articles the way I read a college research paper I might have to grade... check the footnotes, click on the references, judge the overall quality by the tone, balance, etc. There are lots of non-controversial articles that are just fine... and then there are the flame wars in a few conspicuous pages. Which is why our kids need to learn and practice the source evaluation skills introduced in the book. Really, we should be reading everything critically these days. With print-on-demand, anybody with $30 can produce a book... and lots of them have! - Rob Wikipedia is not a bad place to visit for a quick orientation on many topics. The problem is, one cannot always be certain that the information will be accurate.

I find myself reading wiki articles the way I read a college research paper I might have to grade… check the footnotes, click on the references, judge the overall quality by the tone, balance, etc. There are lots of non-controversial articles that are just fine… and then there are the flame wars in a few conspicuous pages.

Which is why our kids need to learn and practice the source evaluation skills introduced in the book. Really, we should be reading everything critically these days. With print-on-demand, anybody with $30 can produce a book… and lots of them have!

- Rob

]]> By: TN Lizzie http://redhatrob.com/2008/05/did-fleming-rescue-churchill-a-research-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-96 TN Lizzie Wed, 28 May 2008 06:59:49 +0000 http://redhatrob.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-96 Please tell me this book mentions www.wikipedia.org/?! Quoting a "free-content Internet encyclopedia" as a legitimate reference is akin to believing the concoction is yummy 'cause my brother made it. Digesting either of these makes my stomach hurt! Thanks, Rob, for the book recommendation! Please tell me this book mentions http://www.wikipedia.org/?!
Quoting a “free-content Internet encyclopedia” as a legitimate reference is akin to believing the concoction is yummy ’cause my brother made it.

Digesting either of these makes my stomach hurt!

Thanks, Rob, for the book recommendation!

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