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Whether we are taking a 100% online course or attending face-to-face classes and are assigned homework for the next class, the Internet is the first place we go for answers. However, getting reliable and appropriate sources for the questions we have is not always easy.
The web is littered with false and misleading information and not everyone has the ability to tell when something is useful and real or when it is just made up information for some commercial or other inappropriate purpose. For this reason, in this article we present a list of the best websites that we can access in search of clear, concise and truthful answers to the questions that arise during our studies or that the teachers assign us.
Quora
For those who are looking for answers to their questions, what could be better than a social network dedicated exclusively to questions and answers? Although many seem unaware, Quora is perhaps the best way to get direct, high-quality answers to most questions we can think of.
The social network is completely free and already contains almost every variation of any question ever asked, making it the perfect website for finding homework help at any educational level.
Its search engine that allows filtering by questions helps to quickly discover if the question that interests us has already been asked before. If no one has asked that question, we can ask it ourselves, and usually there will always be some active user who can answer it quickly. The best answers are rated by upvoting and downvoting which makes it easy to separate the bad answers from the really helpful ones.
Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram is the company that publishes Mathematica , one of the most powerful mathematical analysis and simulation software packages out there. In addition to its products for technical computing, Wolfram now offers Wolfram Ampha , a site where anyone can find hard facts about virtually any field of knowledge, from the basic sciences to the social sciences, linguistics, and more.
Wolfram Alpha’s mission is to create a system based on a vast amount of information, algorithms and analysis methods that allow anyone to access information and answer questions relevant to different fields through the analysis of said information. In short, this platform offers the most powerful material to learn, through examples and answers to common questions, some of the most complex concepts of science, the arts and more, especially for students at the university level (although it also works for courses less advanced).
Khan Academy
Few people have ever searched for information for an assignment who haven’t stumbled upon some Khan Academy video . This platform is not itself a place where we can find answers to specific questions or even ask our own questions in the hope that someone will answer them. However, here students of any level and of any subject will find answers to their questions about the topics they want to learn in depth. Founded by one of the first EduTubers ( YouTubers who publish educational content), the platform is based on providing completely free video courses on almost any topic.
The courses are created by experts in the field, and are carefully selected to ensure their accuracy and quality. Being a non-profit organization, they do not charge for access to the material, but work based on donations. Khan Academy is an example of something well done for the good of the community and without expecting anything in return.
Wikipedia
It could almost be said that someone who does not know Wikipedia has never used Google or the Internet. Wikipedia achieved what no one thought possible in the 1990s: unseated Microsoft’s Encarta Encyclopedia as the primary source of information for most homework assignments for elementary and middle school students. However, with thousands of people contributing more and more comprehensive content every day, and thousands and even millions of others using the content and checking its validity, it’s not hard to see how he did it.
Wikipedia is one of the largest free, open and free information repositories on the planet. Although it is true that, outside of self-regulation by the users and editors themselves, Wikipedia does not have a quality control system for its content (as is the case with most sites of this type), much of the content is written by subject matter experts, who often go into greater detail than well-known authors of popular textbooks.
On the other hand, Wikipedia promotes among its contributors the inclusion of references for the data presented in each article. Although, on some occasions, the links to the sources do not work, in most cases they do, allowing you to verify the information presented. This is something that many other sites don’t do, or do only half of it.
For these reasons, Wikipedia will always be among the first sources of information for any assignment or research paper, even though many teachers forbid their students from using Wikipedia as a reliable source.
Youtube
For those who learn more visually than by reading, few sites offer greater educational value than YouTube . The movement of EduTubers , or influential YouTube educators, has spawned a culture of quality videos and tutorials posted on the world’s largest video social network that almost ensures that the content will be truthful.
YouTube is a rich source of information. Being part of the Google (or, more precisely, Alphabet, Inc.) companies, it has a smart search engine that helps us quickly find videos with answers to almost any question we can think of. The automatic translation function based on Google Translate is very effective, which allows us to search for videos in English or in other languages and thus obtain the information in Spanish, in case we do not get a video in our native language.HippoCampus.org
HuipoCampus is a platform very similar to Khan Academy, with the difference that it is limited to English and only 13 areas of knowledge. However, the quality of the content is exceptional, and in addition to video courses, the site has numerous simulation applications designed to interactively teach many of the concepts of the various sciences, making this a great site for learning what’s new. that we need to solve any task.
brainly
In the case of elementary school students, a very useful and easy-to-use source to find quick answers to help us with homework is Brainly . This platform, created for students but maintained by parents and representatives, has more than 350 million students and teachers who exchange questions and answers daily. Most of the questions that primary school students often have are already asked and answered in Brainly in many different languages.
Similar to Quora, answers are upvoted and downvoted based on their quality, simplicity, and relevance. In addition, teachers are also ranked and ranked based on the number of responses they have provided and the number of upvotes they have received.
On the other hand, the quality of the answers in Brainly, even those with many upvotes, is generally very low, or the answers are very narrow in breadth, as experts seek to answer as many answers as possible. in the shortest time.
References
Brainly. (2022). Brainly Latin America . https://brainly.lat/
Khan Academy. (2022). Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons, and Practice . https://es.khanacademy.org/
NROC. (2022). HippoCampus – Homework and Study Help . HippoCampus.org. https://www.hippocampus.org/HippoCampus/
Portfolio, R. (2010, December 27). 10 sites to find answers on the Internet . Portfolio.co. https://www.portafolio.co/economia/finanzas/10-sitios-encontrar-respuestas-internet-134320
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Wolfram. (2022). Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world’s knowledge computable . Wolfram Alpha. https://www.wolframalpha.com/
