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Can Students Evaluate Online Sources? Learning From Assessments of Civic Online Reasoning

McGrew, Sarah, Breakstone, Joel, Ortega, Teresa, Smith, Mark, Wineburg, Sam·2018·Theory & Research in Social Education
DOI 10.1080/00933104.2017.1416320
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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 limited options if they want to assess students’ evaluations of digital content. In response, we created a range of short tasks that assess students’ civic online reasoning—the ability to effectively search for, evaluate, and verify social and political information online. Assessments ranged from paper-and-pencil tasks to open Internet search tasks delivered via Google Forms. We outline a process of assessment development in which middle school, high school, and college students in 12 states completed tasks. We present a series of representative tasks and analyses of trends in student performance. Across tasks and grade levels, students struggled to effectively evaluate online claims, sources, and evidence. These results point to a need for curriculum materials that support students’ development of civic online reasoning competencies.

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Authors
McGrew, S., Breakstone, J., Ortega, T., Smith, M., & Wineburg, S.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
McGrew, Sarah
ORCID
Venue
Theory & Research in Social Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2018-01-08
Volume
46
Issue
2
Pages
165-193
ISSN
  • 0093-3104 (ISSN-L)
  • 2163-1654
DOI
10.1080/00933104.2017.1416320
OpenAlex
W2782804901
Cited by
533
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 65 · 2025: 62 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 17
FWCI
102.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Theory & Research in Social Education (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Robert R. McCormick Foundation
  • Spencer Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Literacy, Media, and Education
Keywords
evaluating online sources, information literacy, digital citizenship, citizenship education, assessment development, online information evaluation, political information, social information, student achievement trends, grade level differences, curriculum materials

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