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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-09 Winter 2016

My Research Topic is: Creativity in children at different ages

Key words related to my Research Topic are: creativity in children

Part 1:

Examine Wikipedia articles that are directly related to your Research Topic and select a substantive article to evaluate. This could be an article about an idea (e.g., I might choose the one about Trance) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley). Answer the following questions:

I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

-Creativity, Culture and Education

1. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? Yes or No

-No there is not.

If there is a warning banner, copy and paste the warning banner here.

Write an brief explanation of the reason the issues mentioned in the warning banner are important. For example, if the issue is “needs additional citations for verification,” why does that matter?

-I did not have a warning banner within the article or topic that I am focusing on, but I did look up the word 'racism' and used the warning banner form that article instead. There was a warning banner for this article because of constant repetition, organization, and coherence. With those as a factor, it becomes a problems for others to use the article as a reliable resource.

Please note: If the article you are evaluating does not have a warning banner, choose a warning banner from a different article and explain the warning that is in that banner.

2. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article?

-Yes, the lead section of the article is easy to understand. It summarized the main reason of the article which also gave insights to other programs that help out the foundation of the article.

3. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and foonotes at the end?”

-Yes, there are several headings and subheadings that make the article easy to understand overall. There are no images. As I looked through, everything seemed to be in their appropriate place.

4. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic?

-Yes, the various aspects of the topic are balanced well because the title of the article is one broad concept of what the foundation is about. The article then digs deeper and talks about the different programs that affect the foundation and what they specialize in.

5. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay?

-Yes, the article does provide a neutral point of view mainly because it looks more like an encyclopedia which are usually unbiased and opinionated.

6. Are the references and footnotes citing reliable sources? Do they point to scholarly and trustworthy information? Beware of references to blogs; look for references to books, scholarly journal articles, government sources, etc.

- They are reliable but there are not as many scholarly journals as I thought there would be. There are more references to websites that go into depth of what the foundation of the article are also known about. Overall, they are reliable.

7. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating:

a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English?

-Yes, it is well written in clear correct English.

b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”?

-No, there are not "unsourced" opinions.

c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts?

-No, they are all known as programs in which they mention their reasoning, purpose, and relation to the article.

d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic?

-Yes, it talks about the creativity in children along with their education and culture. It provides a different outlook than just creativity, it provide multiple.

e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic?

-No, they all seem to be a reasonable length given that they provide an insight to what each program talks about.

f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes?

-No, there are a good amount of references to look into.

g. Look at the “View History” for the article. As you read the conversation there, do you see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors?

-No, there was not any hostile dialogue or evidence of lack of respectful treatment among editors.

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Part 2:

Evaluate the Wikipedia article you selected using the CARDIO method. Write your answers following each word below:

Currency (When was the last update of this article? hint: check the View History)

-June 8th, 2016

Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?)

-I was having trouble looking for the author(s) of this article in order to determine appropriate credentials for the topic. I had only noticied the foundation that had creatdt he topic of the article.

Relevance (to your research topic)

-It describes the creativity of children and youth through education which is a different perspective of my topic, while still relating to it.

Depth

-There were many headings that pointed out the different names of programs and their purpose/relation to the article, meaning it did go into depth the of the article overall.

Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.)

-The format of the page was straight-forward and easy to understand because of the heading and bullet points.

Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?)

-The purpose of this article was to inform others of the foundation that came up with a to determine the creativity of young children and youths through education.