Associations between Online Instruction in Lateral Reading Strategies and Fact-Checking COVID-19 News among College Students

Autor/inn/en	Brodsky, Jessica E.; Brooks, Patricia J.; Scimeca, Donna; Galati, Peter; Todorova, Ralitsa; Caulfield, Michael
Titel	Associations between Online Instruction in Lateral Reading Strategies and Fact-Checking COVID-19 News among College Students
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brodsky, Jessica E.) ORCID (Brooks, Patricia J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Online Courses; Reading Strategies; COVID-19; Pandemics; College Students; Civics; Audits (Verification); Information Literacy; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Encyclopedias; Collaborative Writing; Electronic Publishing; Media Literacy; Homework + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Online course; Online-Kurs; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Collegestudent; Staatsbürgerkunde; Informationskompetenz; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Encyclopedia; Enzyklopädie; Elektronisches Publizieren; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Hausaufgabe
Abstract	College students, and adults in general, may find it hard to identify trustworthy information amid the proliferation of false news and misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. In Fall 2020, college students (N = 221) in an online general education civics course were taught through asynchronous assignments how to use lateral reading strategies to fact-check online information. Students improved from pretest to posttest in the use of lateral reading to fact-check information; lateral reading was predicted by the number of assignments completed and students' reading comprehension test scores. Students reported greater use, endorsement, and knowledge of Wikipedia at posttest, aligning with the curriculum's emphasis on using Wikipedia to investigate information sources. Students also reported increased confidence in their ability to fact-check COVID-19 news. While confidence was related to perceived helpfulness of the assignments, it was only weakly associated with lateral reading. Findings support the effectiveness of the online curriculum for improving fact-checking. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01