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Evaluate What You Find

Example 1: Is the information appropriate for the audience you are addressing (popular or scholarly)?

SELECT RESOURCES APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE Topic = Teenage Pregnancy

1 ) You are preparing documentation to persuade the Texas Legislature to increase funding for education programs designed to reduce teenage pregnancies. You will probably find useful information in:
Assessment of teen pregnancy prevention interventions among middle school youth. Child and Adolescent Social Work ( Feb 2004) p. 69+ A formal presentation of this type should include: statistical information, scholarly journals, and current information gathered from multiple sources. 2) You are addressing a group of Jr. High students about teenage pregnancy.

You will probably find useful information in:
Teenage pregnancy: the problem that won't go away. Teen v. 46 (April 2002 ) p. 36+

Your presentation must be interesting to your audience or it will not be effective. Popular journals, newspaper articles, popular internet sites, etc... may be most effective for this audience.

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