Epistemic evaluation and comprehension of web-source information on controversial science-related topics: Effects of a short-term instructional intervention

Computers and Education

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-157

  Mason, Lucia ^a   Junyent, Andrea Anahi ^a   Tornatora, Maria Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epistemic evaluation; Inquiry tasks; Instructional interventions; Multiple document comprehension; Source evaluation

Indexed keywords

WEBSITES;

EPISTEMIC EVALUATION; INQUIRY TASKS; INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS; MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS; SOURCE EVALUATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84898605538     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.03.016     Document Type: Article

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