Trainings and Tools to Foster Source Credibility Evaluation During Web Search

Kammerer, Yvonne; Gruwel, S. Brand

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“…There is a range of different self‐regulated learning strategies that can be taught to students and which in general, can increase metacognitive performance (Bjork et al, 2013). Since self‐regulated learning using search engines requires additional specific strategies, like selecting suitable resources encountered on a search result page, there is a need to support learners in the skill of sourcing (Kammerer & Brand‐Gruwel, 2020). This metacognitive strategy is used to evaluate the source credibility of a given online resource encountered and should result in the selection of suitable websites for further scrutiny.…”

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Acquisition of false certainty: Learners increase their confidence in the correctness of incorrect answers after online information search

Hoyer

Kimmerle

Holtz

2022

Computer Assisted Learning

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Background: Explorative online information search activities are self-regulated learning processes that require monitoring in the form of accurate metacognitive judgments about one's own knowledge. People have to judge what they know, but also understand what they do not know. Previous research has explored those two aspects in relation to each other mostly by employing measures of metacognitive calibration and points toward a potential detrimental effect of using the internet to answer knowledge test items.Objectives: This research aimed to disentangle those two aspects of knowledge and to describe a false certainty effect (FaCE), indicating an increase in confidence in the correctness of incorrect responses in a knowledge test after online information search. We also aimed to further explore the conditions under which this effect occurs. Methods:In two studies participants' knowledge and on-item confidence ratings were measured before and after a short online information search activity. In Study 1, we analyzed data of two samples with and without knowledge gain. In Study 2, we manipulated the familiarity of knowledge test items and whether there was an information search activity.Results: Study 1 showed that false certainty occurred even when a search activity did not lead to any learning success. This FaCE, however, was stronger when there was actual knowledge gain. In Study 2, we found that the effect was caused by the information search activity itself and not by the pre-post methodology of identical knowledge-test items.Implications: Our results demonstrate the emergence of increased confidence in the correctness of incorrect responses in knowledge tests after online information search activities. Educators and researchers should be aware of this undesired false certainty effect of computer-assisted learning on individuals' knowledge monitoring.

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Acquisition of false certainty: Learners increase their confidence in the correctness of incorrect answers after online information search

Hoyer

Kimmerle

Holtz

2022

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…Future research, for instance, could examine the effects of instructional interventions that aim at strengthening Internet-specific beliefs in justification by multiple sources and justification by authority on individuals’ source evaluation and corroboration behaviors during Web search as well as on the learning outcomes associated with such behaviors. Recently, several intervention studies showed that interventions targeting learners’ source evaluation or confronting learners with conflicts across documents can strengthen (a) beliefs in justification by multiple sources (Ferguson et al., 2013; Kammerer et al., 2015) or (b) actual source evaluation and corroboration behaviors or comprehension outcomes (e.g., Bråten, Brante, et al., 2019; McGrew, 2020; for recent reviews, see Brante & Strømsø, 2018; Bråten, Stadtler, et al., 2018; Kammerer & Brand-Gruwel, 2020). However, future studies should examine both epistemic beliefs and behaviors in conjunction as well as their potentially mediational relationship.…”

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The Role of Internet-Specific Justification Beliefs in Source Evaluation and Corroboration During Web Search on an Unsettled Socio-Scientific Issue

Kammerer

Gottschling

Bråten

2020

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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This study explored relationships between Internet-specific justification beliefs and source evaluation and corroboration during Web search. Fifty university students completed the Internet-Specific Epistemic Justification Inventory (ISEJ), which targeted beliefs concerning the justification of Internet-based knowledge claims about natural science issues. Two to five days later, they conducted a Web search in order to communicate a justified position regarding an unsettled and unfamiliar socio-scientific issue. Using think-aloud and trace methodologies, participants’ source evaluation and corroboration behaviors were examined. Furthermore, the extent and relevance of their post-search written justifications for their recommendation about the controversial issue were analyzed. Results showed that beliefs in justification by authority positively predicted comments regarding source evaluation, the percentage of visited websites that were listed beyond the first three Google search results, and the likelihood of opening multiple browser tabs. Beliefs in personal justification negatively predicted comments regarding corroboration of information across websites and the number of relevant aspects included in the written justifications. Finally, participants with stronger beliefs in justification by multiple sources gave more extensive justifications for their recommendation and included more relevant aspects in those justifications.

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“…These issues suggest a potential deficiency in knowledge calibration. To address this meta-cognitive uncertainty, various interventions can be employed, including prompts, questions, or simple reminders [32] that collectively offer a form of knowledge context [17,32,54]. These interventions are likely to become particularly relevant for participants who express moderate intentions for socially responsible consumption but still struggle to consider or search for specific aspects.…”

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Seeking Socially Responsible Consumers: Exploring the Intention-Search-Behaviour Gap

Azzopardi,

Van Der Sluis

2024

Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval

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The increasing prominence of "Socially Responsible Consumers" has brought about a heightened focus on the ethical, environmental, social, and ideological dimensions influencing product purchasing decisions. Despite this emphasis, studies have consistently revealed a significant gap between individuals' intentions to be socially responsible and their actual purchasing behaviors: they often choose products that do not align with their values. This paper aims to investigate the role of "search" and it how influences this gap. Our investigation involves an online survey of 286 participants, where we inquire about their search behaviors and whether they considered various dimensions-ranging from price and features to environmental, social, and governance issues -in relation to a recent purchase. Contrary to expectations of a clear intention-behavior gap, our findings suggest most participants exhibited indifference or lack of awareness regarding these "responsible" aspects. While, for those participants who were more ethically minded, they reported difficulties related to searching for and acquiring information regarding such aspects, which contributed to the gap. Our findings suggests that part of the intention-behaviour gap can be framed as an information seeking problem. Moreover our findings motivate the development of search systems and platforms that better help support consumers make more informed and responsible purchasing decisions. CCS CONCEPTS• Information systems → Users and interactive retrieval.

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Trainings and Tools to Foster Source Credibility Evaluation During Web Search

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

Acquisition of false certainty: Learners increase their confidence in the correctness of incorrect answers after online information search

Acquisition of false certainty: Learners increase their confidence in the correctness of incorrect answers after online information search

The Role of Internet-Specific Justification Beliefs in Source Evaluation and Corroboration During Web Search on an Unsettled Socio-Scientific Issue

Seeking Socially Responsible Consumers: Exploring the Intention-Search-Behaviour Gap

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