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Direct linkKiili, Carita; Räikkönen, Eija; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I.; Hagerman, Michelle Schira – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Previous research indicates that students lack sufficient online credibility evaluation skills. However, the results are fragmented and difficult to compare as they are based on different types of measures and indicators. Consequently, there is no clear understanding of the structure of credibility evaluation. Objectives: The present…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Credibility, Information Literacy, Evaluation
Kiili, Carita; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I.; Hagerman, Michelle Schira; Räikkönen, Eija; Jyrkiäinen, Anne – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Research has shown that students differ in their abilities to evaluate the credibility of online texts, and, in general, many perform poorly on online evaluation tasks. This study extended current knowledge by examining students' abilities to justify the credibility of online texts from different perspectives, thus providing a more nuanced…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Credibility
Kammerer, Yvonne; Gottschling, Steffen; Bråten, Ivar – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
This study explored relationships between Internet-specific justification beliefs and source evaluation and corroboration during Web search. Fifty university students completed the Internet-Specific Epistemic Justification Inventory (ISEJ), which targeted beliefs concerning the justification of Internet-based knowledge claims about natural science…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Internet, Web Sites, Navigation (Information Systems)
Bråten, Ivar; McCrudden, Matthew T.; Stang Lund, Elisabeth; Brante, Eva W.; Strømsø, Helge I. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2018
This study investigated the effects of author expertise and content relevance on Norwegian secondary school students' (n = 190) selection, processing, and use of multiple documents. Participants were presented with documents that pertained to more or less familiar topics, and received brief instructions that highlighted the importance of source…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Authors, Secondary School Students, Control Groups
Bråten, Ivar; Braasch, Jason L. G.; Strømsø, Helge I.; Ferguson, Leila E. – Reading Psychology, 2015
Students read six documents that varied in terms of their perspectives on a scientific issue and the trustworthiness of the source features. After reading, students wrote essays, rank-ordered the documents according to perceived trustworthiness, and provided reasons for their rank-order decisions. Students put the most trust in a textbook and a…
Descriptors: Credibility, Evidence, Conflict, Undergraduate Students
Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I.; Andreassen, Rune – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
The present study investigated the extent to which the text factors of source salience and emphasis on risk might influence readers' attention to and use of source information when reading single documents to make behavioral decisions on controversial health-related issues. Participants (n = 259), who were attending different bachelor-level…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Comprehension, Information Sources, Professional Education
McCrudden, Matthew T.; Stenseth, Tonje; Bråten, Ivar; Strømsø, Helge I. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
This mixed methods study investigated the extent to which author expertise and content relevance were salient to secondary Norwegian students (N = 153) when they selected documents that pertained to more familiar and less familiar topics. Quantitative results indicated that author expertise was more salient for the less familiar topic (nuclear…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Expertise, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
Andreassen, Rune; Bråten, Ivar – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Building on prior research and theory concerning source evaluation and the role of self-efficacy in the context of online learning, this study investigated the relationship between teachers' beliefs about their capability to evaluate the trustworthiness of sources and their reliance on relevant source features when judging the trustworthiness…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Rating Scales, Scores, Credibility
