 Credible and non-credible sources of information: students' perception of their skillsOlinda Gil, César Freitas, João Pascoinho, Estrela Paulo, Rosa Martins, Sofia Gonçalves, Joana Cavalcanti and Teresa Macedo International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1/2, 52-61 Abstract: The study aimed to: 1) get to know the students' perception of their abilities to identify and distinguish credible information from non-credible information; 2) understand if there are differences between 3rd cycle and secondary school students regarding their ability to identify and distinguish credible information from non-credible information; 3) understand if there are differences between students of regular education and professional education regarding their ability to identify and distinguish credible information from non-credible information; 4) identify the students' perception of the role of the school library in the development of skills to distinguish between credible and non-credible sources of information. The results allow us to conclude that students reveal essential knowledge to distinguish and select, in part, in-formation for their research work, although they still need training to develop these skills. Keywords: information literacy; media literacy; digital literacy; reading; information sources. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijeded:v:16:y:2025:i:1/2:p:52-61 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Education Economics and Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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