Elena Forzani
How Well Can Students Evaluate Online Science Information? Contributions of Prior Knowledge, Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Offline Reading Ability
Boston University
abstract study investigated well seventhgrade students n 1434 evaluated credibility online information science analysis examined extent evaluation appeared share aspects elements online research comprehension including locating synthesizing communicating study also investigated extent prior knowledge gender socioeconomic status offline reading ability affected students evaluation online reading science results suggest evaluation unique difficult dimension online research comprehension results also suggest girls outperform boys students greater prior knowledge offline reading ability better evaluate online information compared less prior knowledge offline reading ability