Moving up the ladder of source assessment expanding the craap test with critical thinking and metacognition

Abstract

The ladder of inference inspires us to make the best use of the information sources assessment strategies to help learners resist the natural mental tendency of leaps of abstraction. To reach to the core of source assessment, we need to expand the CRAAP test with critical thinking and metacognition. I am hoping my four-step sources assessment strategy can inspire other librarians to integrate critical thinking and reflection in source evaluation and further explore the ways to enhance our current source assessment approaches.