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Direct linkKiili, Carita; Räikkönen, Eija; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I.; Hagerman, Michelle Schira – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Previous research indicates that students lack sufficient online credibility evaluation skills. However, the results are fragmented and difficult to compare as they are based on different types of measures and indicators. Consequently, there is no clear understanding of the structure of credibility evaluation. Objectives: The present…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Credibility, Information Literacy, Evaluation
Hämäläinen, Elina K.; Kiili, Carita; Räikkönen, Eija; Marttunen, Miika – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Previous evaluation studies have rarely used authentic online texts and investigated upper secondary school students' use of evaluation criteria and deep reasoning. The associations between internet-specific epistemic justifications for knowing and credibility evaluation of online texts are not yet fully understood among adolescents. This study…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Internet, Secondary School Students, Evaluation
Kiili, Carita; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I.; Hagerman, Michelle Schira; Räikkönen, Eija; Jyrkiäinen, Anne – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Research has shown that students differ in their abilities to evaluate the credibility of online texts, and, in general, many perform poorly on online evaluation tasks. This study extended current knowledge by examining students' abilities to justify the credibility of online texts from different perspectives, thus providing a more nuanced…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Credibility
Kiili, Carita; Leu, Donald J.; Marttunen, Miika; Hautala, Jarkko; Leppänen, Paavo H. T. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study assessed the ability of 426 students (ages 12-13) to critically evaluate two types of online locations on health issues: an academic resource and a commercial resource. The results indicated limited evaluation abilities, especially for the commercial resource, and only a small, partial association with prior stance and offline reading…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Early Adolescents, Critical Reading, Health
