RT journal article
T1 Promoting undergraduates’ awareness of the importance of thinking critically about false or inaccurate scientific information presented in news articles
T2 Promoción de la conciencia de los estudiantes de pregrado sobre la importancia de pensar críticamente acerca de la información científica falsa o inexacta presentada en artículos de prensa
A1 Antonio Archila, Pablo
A1 Molina, Jorge
A1 Truscott de Mejía, Anne-Marie
K1 Critical thinking
K1 false scientific information
K1 inaccurate scientific information
K1 news articles
K1 scientific media literacy
K1 university science education
K1 Pensamiento crítico
K1 información científica falsa
K1 información científica inexacta
K1 artículos de prensa
K1 alfabetización mediática en ciencias
K1 educación científica universitaria
AB Being aware of the importance of thinking critically about wrong scientific information presented innews articles is an important form of scientific media literacy. However, little is known about howundergraduates evaluate wrong scientific information presented in news articles. This article discusses the effectof a teaching–learning sequence (TLS) in promoting students’ awareness of the importance of thinking criticallyabout false or inaccurate scientific information presented in news articles. It examines the written and oralarguments produced by 141 university students (73 females and 68 males, 16–22 years old) in Colombia during acomplete TLS supervised by the same instructor. The data used in this analysis was collected from students’written responses, and audio and video recordings. The first aim of this investigation was to provide evidence ofhow undergraduates evaluate wrong scientific information presented in news articles when purposely nodefinition of misleading information is given. The second was to assess the effectiveness of the TLS inpromoting students’ awareness of the importance of thinking critically about wrong scientific informationpresented in news articles. The findings show that not all participants perceived misleading information in thesame way, and students usually over-estimate the truth or certainty that can be attributed to scientific informationcommunicated in news articles.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 1697-011X
YR 2019
FD 2019-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22091
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22091
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026