Teach students a broad set of strategies including sourcing, scrutinizing evidence, and corroboration to enable judging the accuracy of diverse online claims¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that when the educational aim is to enable students to judge the accuracy of diverse types of accurate and inaccurate online claims, a broader set of strategies is needed beyond identifying recurring forms of misleading communication. The article states that "a broader set of strategies is needed, including strategies such as sourcing, scrutinizing evidence, and corroboration." This strategy follows from the Apt-AIR analysis of competent epistemic performance for online claim evaluation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Instruction must be designed for the specific epistemic aim; identifying misleading communication forms alone is insufficient for judging diverse claim accuracy

Constraints¶

• The appropriate strategy set depends on the specific epistemic aim; narrower aims such as recognizing misinformation patterns require fewer strategies

Target Learners¶

• secondary and higher education students engaged in online inquiry and fact-checking

Target Learning Goals¶

• judging the accuracy of diverse types of accurate and inaccurate online claims

Affordances¶

• Apt Air Five Aspects Epistemic Performance

Claims¶

• Empirical studies across diverse learner populations show that people's epistemic aims, ideals, and processes are tailored to the information sources and tasks they engage in [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Evaluating Online Sources
• Source Evaluation
• Civic Online Reasoning
• Fact Checking

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Sarit Barzilai & Clark A. Chinn. (2024). The AIR and Apt-AIR Frameworks of Epistemic Performance and Growth: Reflections on Educational Theory Development. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09927-5