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Direct linkNygård, Tuula; Hirvonen, Noora; Räisänen, Sari; Korkeamäki, Riitta-Liisa – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This paper contributes to the pedagogical discussion on how to promote critical thinking among adolescents in modern media environments. It argues that teachers play an essential role in guiding students' assessment of and decision between credible information sources. The study was carried out among eighth-grade health education teachers and…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Influence, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students
Marttunen, Miika; Salminen, Timo; Utriainen, Jukka – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study investigated upper secondary school students' skills in evaluating the credibility and argumentative content of a blog text and a YouTube video. Both sources concerned child vaccination, the blog text opposing and the YouTube video supporting it. Students rated each source as credible, fairly credible or non-credible, justified their…
Descriptors: Evaluative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
Download full textScolari, Carlos A.; Contreras-Espinosa, Ruth S. – Journal of Information Literacy, 2019
The main objective of this article is to analyse informal learning processes in the field of video games. As many teenagers are engaged in these kinds of practices, the big question is: How do teens learn to play video games? In most cases they do not learn to play video games at school or with their parents, and therefore it is necessary to map…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Strategies, Informal Education, Experiential Learning
