Children and young people's use of technology and social media is evolving at a rapid pace,
with implications for their wellbeing. To understand these changes there needs to be wider …

In a study conducted across an urban school district, we tested a classroom-based
intervention in which students were taught online evaluation strategies drawn from research …

To be an informed citizen in today's information-rich environment, individuals must be able
to evaluate information they encounter on the Internet. However, teachers currently have …

The Internet has democratized access to information but in so doing has opened the
floodgates to misinformation, fake news, and rank propaganda masquerading as …

Are today's students able to discern quality information from sham online? In the largest
investigation of its kind, we administered an assessment to 3,446 high school students …

Critical evaluation skills when using online information are considered important in many
research and education frameworks; critical thinking and information literacy are cited as key …

The omnipresence of student-owned information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
today's college classrooms presents educational opportunities but can also create learning …

Background/Context The Internet has democratized access to information but in so doing
has opened the floodgates to misinformation, fake news, and rank propaganda …

Background Young people increasingly turn to the Internet for information about social and
political issues. However, they struggle to evaluate the trustworthiness of the information …

The evidence collated in this report demonstrates that adolescents around the world are
thinking in nuanced and sophisticated ways about the complex, positive and negative …