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Ziv, Nadav; Bene, Emma – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Misinformation has become a regular feature of the Internet. Research suggests that everyone, including young people who have grown up with digital devices, struggles to differentiate fact from fiction online because they read closely rather than turning to external sources. We analyzed the resources students find when they seek advice offered by…
Descriptors: College Students, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods
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Rachael VanDonkelaar – Reading Teacher, 2025
In the 21st century, fake news has detrimental consequences on global communities, relationships, and democracies. Unfortunately, youth unknowingly engage with misinformed content on their social media platforms. Teenagers often turn to social media for information, and it is essential that teachers address reading strategies such as sourcing to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Credibility
Trisha Kelly Travers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explored how effectively first-year writing (FYW) evaluated and selected sources for their researched writing assignments. Though students were taught how to access sources from the library and offered sources on the course management system, most often they obtained sources via the open internet. As mis- and disinformation…
Descriptors: Misinformation, Writing Assignments, Information Sources, Learning Processes