Shenglan Zhang|Nell K. Duke
The Impact of Instruction in the WWWDOT Framework on Students’ Disposition and Ability to Evaluate Web Sites as Sources of Information
Iowa State University|Michigan State University
much research demonstrated students largely uncritical users web sites sources information researchtested frameworks needed increase elementaryage students awareness need ability critically evaluate web sites sources information study randomized field trial framework called wwwdot matchedpair design involving 12 grade 4 5 classes adopted data collected 3 assessments administered intervention questionnaire single web site evaluation task web site ranking task ancova ordinal regression analyses reveal students taught wwwdot framework became aware need evaluate information internet credibility better able evaluate trustworthiness web sites multiple dimensions however students overall judgment ranking relative trustworthiness web sites improved