KH 2122 Accessing Valid & Reliable Information

A student must first learn how to access valid and reliable products, services, and information in order to demonstrate proficiency in the skill.

• True

• False

The performance indicators must be presented to students using only the terminology listed in the National Health Education Standards.

• True

• False

Locating valid and reliable services can pose unique challenges for students. Which of the following is not true?

• Accessing services often requires personal (most likely face-to-face) interaction.

• No matter where the service is located, students will travel if it is valuable.

• Communities differ in their available resources, and you must be familiar with the community in which you teach and where students are living.

• Students must consider how they will use the service and whether it meets their needs.

The READ in READ Critically stands for

• reasonable, easy, accurate, domain

• recent, easy to use and access, accurate, dates

• reasonable, easy, applicable, dates

• recent, easy to use and access, author, domain

When determining the validity of a website, which of the following is not an indicator of valid and reliable information?

• The domain is.gov or.edu.

• You are able to identify who wrote the site and their credentials.

• You are able to identify who wrote the site and their credentials.

• There is a date indicating when the website was last reviewed and updated.

The performance indicators for grades 9 to 12 ask students to be able to access valid and reliable health products and services. This is important for students to learn and demonstrate because

• many health care providers don't know what they are talking about

• students could be harmed or misled by false claims about a product

• most manufacturers of health products make up claims

• most manufacturers of health products make up claims

A part of goal setting is to develop a plan to reach a goal. Accessing valid and reliable information, products, and services is important to this process because

• being clear on your goals helps you know what information to look for

• knowing how to locate accurate and reliable information, products, and services may determine whether you are able to meet your goal

• knowing what is accurate and reliable ensures you are able to meet your goal

• goal setting can't be done unless you know how to identify accurate and reliable information

A student can demonstrate proficiency in this skill if they only meet the criteria associated with accessing valid and reliable services (and not information or products).

• True

• False

The evaluation methods used in determining whether a product, service, or information is valid and reliable are the same.

• True

• False

People's tendency to believe information and sources that confirm their beliefs and worldviews and ignoring or excluding information that might challenge those views and assumptions is:bias

• bias

• confirmed bias

• 
  

  confirmation tendency

• belief confirmation