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Civic Online Reasoning

Civic Online Reasoning

If young people are not prepared to critically evaluate the information that bombards them online, they are apt to be duped by false claims and misleading arguments. To help teachers address these critical skills, we’ve developed assessments of civic online reasoning—the ability to judge the credibility of digital information about social and political issues.

These assessments ask students to reason about online content. We’ve designed paper-and-pencil tasks as well as tasks that students complete online. These assessments are intended for flexible classroom use. We hope teachers use the tasks to design classroom activities, as the basis for discussions about digital content, and as formative assessments to learn more about students’ progress as they learn to evaluate online information. These tasks came out of research with thousands of students from across the country.

As part of MediaWise, the Stanford History Education Group is developing and evaluating new civic online reasoning lesson plans for middle and high school students. The lessons will be available fall 2019.

COR Competencies

  • Who's behind the information? (9)
  • What's the evidence? (5)
  • What do other sources say? (3)

Delivery

  • Paper (11)
  • (-) Digital (10)
Evaluating Wikipedia

Evaluating Wikipedia

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Claims on YouTube

Claims on YouTube

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Claims on Twitter

Claims on Twitter

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Webpage Comparison

Webpage Comparison

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Claims on Social Media

Claims on Social Media

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Social Media Video

Social Media Video

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Website Reliability

Website Reliability

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Researching a Claim

Researching a Claim

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Comparing Articles

Comparing Articles

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