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Direct linkMcGrew, Sarah; Smith, Mark; Breakstone, Joel; Ortega, Teresa; Wineburg, Sam – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: Young people increasingly turn to the Internet for information about social and political issues. However, they struggle to evaluate the trustworthiness of the information they encounter online. Aims: This pilot study investigated whether a focused curricular intervention could improve university students' ability to make sound…
Descriptors: College Students, Internet, Information Sources, Credibility
McGrew, Sarah; Byrne, Virginia L. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2021
Prior research suggests that high school students often struggle to evaluate online content; however, with support, they can learn to conduct more effective digital evaluations. This study extends our understanding of how students attend to the source of online information and the role instruction may play in changing students' evaluation of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Users (Information), Information Literacy
