Critical Thinking Is Critical: Octopuses, Online Sources, and Reliability Reasoning.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CRITICAL thinking; INTERNET stores; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); WEBSITES; REASONING
    • Abstract:
      The ability to analyze and evaluate online sources for credibility continues to be a universal concern. In a 2006 study by the University of Connecticut, seventh graders lacked the ability to discredit a hoax website about a tree octopus. Using the same website in this qualitative study, 68 elementary students shared rationales about the source's authenticity during an exploration of reliability reasoning. Student responses provided insight into the application of web literacy skills and highlighted a need for increased instructional emphasis on critical thinking and explicit modeling of reliability reasoning during online searches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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