The WWWDOT Approach to Improving Students' Critical Evaluation of Websites

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Shenglan; Duke, Nell K.; Jimenez, Laura M.
Titel	The WWWDOT Approach to Improving Students' Critical Evaluation of Websites
Quelle	In: Reading Teacher, 65 (2011) 2, S.150-158 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0561
DOI	10.1002/TRTR.01016
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Control Groups; Grade 5; Internet; Critical Thinking; Web Sites; Educational Technology; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Criteria; Grade 4; Experimental Groups; Credibility; Information Sources; Information Literacy; Critical Reading; Lesson Plans; Instructional Materials; Critical Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Kritisches Denken; Web-Design; Unterrichtsmedien; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Glaubwürdigkeit; Information source; Informationsquelle; Informationskompetenz; Kritisches Lesen; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel
Abstract	This article introduces a framework designed to improve students' awareness of the need to critically evaluate websites as sources of information and to improve their skill at doing so. The framework, called the WWWDOT framework, encourages students to think about at least six dimensions when evaluating a website: (1) Who wrote this and what credentials do they have? (2) Why was it written? (3) When was it written and updated? (4) Does this help meet my needs? (5) Organization of website; (6) To do list for the future. In an experimental study, fourth- and fifth-grade students who were taught this framework became more aware than control group students of the need to evaluate information on the Internet for credibility and were better able to evaluate the trustworthiness of websites on multiple dimensions. This article describes the framework and how it can be taught through a series of four 30-minute lessons. Suggestions and materials for teaching are provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10