What Does “Trustworthy Evidence” Mean to Students?

Amanda S. Frasier

What Does “Trustworthy Evidence” Mean to Students?

Amanda S. Frasier

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Facebook. Instagram. 24-hour news. Twitter. Gossip. Newspapers. School. Television. Today students are bombarded with information about the world. As accessing information becomes easier, the task of determining the accuracy of information becomes increasingly difficult. What is fact? What is misleading? What is trustworthy evidence?

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

social media
secondary sources
evidence
information retrieval

Disciplines

Education

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