Improving college students’ fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

Improving college students’ fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course

Abstract College students lack fact-checking skills, which may lead them to accept information at face value. We report findings from an institution participating in the Digital Polarization Initiative (DPI), a national effort to teach students lateral reading strategies used by expert fact-checkers...

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Main Authors: Jessica E. Brodsky, Patricia J. Brooks, Donna Scimeca, Ralitsa Todorova, Peter Galati, Michael Batson, Robert Grosso, Michael Matthews, Victor Miller, Michael Caulfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:Cognitive Research
Subjects:
Fact-checking instruction
Lateral reading
Media literacy
Wikipedia
College students
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00291-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00291-4

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