Identify citation information
Identify the supplied detail’s role. Keep missing details honest instead of inventing a date or author.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
- Worked case: Excerpt A: Available records name the frame and hinge materials. Question: Which materials form those two parts? Excerpt B: Source: The frame is cardboard. Note: "The frame is cardboard"—Fictional Model Club. Excerpt C: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. Excerpt D: Two models have different materials. The audience needs each model and its frame/hinge materials beside one another.
- Primary check: Excerpt A: Two short material lists are available. Question: What is the complete history of engineering everywhere? Excerpt B: Source: The frame is cardboard. Note: The club reports a cardboard frame. Excerpt C: Citation: Jo Lee, Fold Test Log, 2025, p. 7. Analyze Fold Test Log. Excerpt D: The audience asks where the hinge sits between the panels, so show its position and names.
Learn the idea
Citation records who produced a source, what it is called, when it appeared and where a used passage appears. The format can vary, but retrievability matters.
Identify the supplied detail’s role. Keep missing details honest instead of inventing a date or author.
Original worked input: Original excerpt C: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. The task is to identify citation information. The answer is “author or organization”. Evidence: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. Reasoning: author or organization is supported because it names the person or group responsible for the source. An access date is not always the publication date.
- Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
- Identify the supplied detail’s role. Keep missing details honest instead of inventing a date or author.
- Check the worked solution: author or organization. Evidence: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. Reasoning: author or organization is supported because it names the person or group responsible for the source. An access date is not always the publication date.
- Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.
See the method in action
Original excerpt C: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. Solved: author or organization. Evidence: Citation: Model Club, Paper Model Notes, 2026, section 2. Analyze Model Club. Reasoning: author or organization is supported because it names the person or group responsible for the source. An access date is not always the publication date. Identify the supplied detail’s role. Keep missing details honest instead of inventing a date or author.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Section 2 is a locator.
- An access date is not always the publication date.
See the answer and explanation
title
Evidence: Citation: Jo Lee, Fold Test Log, 2025, p. 7. Analyze Fold Test Log. Reasoning: title is supported because it names the particular document. An access date is not always the publication date.
Take it further
Changed-input task: Original excerpt C: Citation: Model Club, Hinge Card, 2026, p. 4. Analyze Model Club. Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: Citation: Model Club, Hinge Card, 2026, p. 4. Analyze Model Club. Reasoning: author or organization is supported because it names the person or group responsible for the source. An access date is not always the publication date. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.
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