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Dialogic architecture·Medium cognitive demand·20–40 minutes

Source Tribunal

Test a source's claims, provenance and limits through structured examination and evidence-based verdicts.

Knowledge
Evidential · Evaluative · Interpretive
Sequence
Deliberate Practice · Independent Judgment
Interaction
High

Test a source's claims, provenance and limits through structured examination and evidence-based verdicts. Source Tribunal is selected when its reasoning mechanism matches an accepted learning requirement and produces evidence a teacher can inspect.

01How the architecture unfolds

  1. Define the question the source must help answer.
  2. Establish authorship, context and intended audience.
  3. Examine claims against internal evidence.
  4. Cross-examine with contextual and corroborating evidence.
  5. Deliver a qualified utility verdict.

02The work on each side

Teacher moves

  • Keep the target reasoning visible
  • Press for evidence at consequential decisions
  • Use the final product to diagnose the next move

Student moves

  • Notice
  • Construct
  • Test
  • Revise
  • Justify

03What would count as learning?

  • Verdicts separate reliability, usefulness and limitation
  • Students support challenges with corroborating evidence

04Across the curriculum

History

Propaganda source evaluation

Source Tribunal applies its sequence to Propaganda source evaluation so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.

Media Studies

Influencer credibility

Source Tribunal applies its sequence to Influencer credibility so the disciplinary reasoning remains visible.