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“Can’t take newspapers too

seriously”

Using Simulations to Study Students’ Perceptions and Judgements of Online Scientific Information

Researching

Students’

Information

ChoicesLG-81-15-0155

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Goals

Grades 4-5

Grades 6-8

Grades 9-12

Community College Students

Undergraduate Students

Graduate Students

Our cohorts (176 participants)

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News

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“Dot gov,

I always trust dot gov.”

-High School 02

#dotgovbump

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“So I would actually do a Google search

to figure out if NPR is reputable ... I'm

going to select it because interviews are

no editing. It's just straight information.”

-Undergraduate 27

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“The New York Times. I mean, I don't

really like how it starts off where it's

using a reference about Eve and the

Garden of Eden and the Burmese

python. It's probably still reputable, but I

really wouldn't use it as a reference.”

-Graduate 03

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Tara CataldoUniversity of Floridatara@uflib.ufl.edu

Samuel R. PutnamUniversity of Floridasrputnam@ufl.edu

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