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Dominic College of Asia Senior High School

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE AGE LEVEL ON

APPROACHES FOR EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF
ONLINE INFORMATION AMONG STUDENTS

Chynna Gayle H. Dizon & Samantha Angela L. Soldevilla

 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Compare the strategies employed by younger and older students and determine if age is a
significant factor that affects these approach in evaluating the reliability of online information.

What is the demographic profile of the student in terms of their age?

What kind of approach did the students used as they measure the reliability
of online information?

Is there a significant difference between the age level in evaluating the

reliability of online information?

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Technology Zone of Proximal Development

by Lev Vygotsky
Reading online: Evaluation of
online sources credibility by
Tuzahra (2021) Level of Approach

Age of the in Evaluating the

Misinformation: Cause and Reliability of
Effects
Students
Online

Students and Information Information

Predictor Variable Criterion Variable

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
 METHODOLOGY

Inferential Stats
Quantitative 241 JHS Students Google Forms
T-test
Comparative 119 SHS Students Consent Forms Likert Mean Formula
P - value

RESEARCH RESEARCH SAMPLE RESEARCH STATISTICAL

DESIGN INSTRUMENTS TOOL

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
RESEARCH
Senior High School
QUESTION 1 28.9%

119 SHS

241 JHS
Junior High School
71.1%

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
RESEARCH
QUESTION 2
High Level of Knowledge on Online Source Evaluation

APPROACH AWARENESS

Credibility Objectivity
Editable Sites
Currency Fact-Check

Accuracy Reliability Effects of Fact-Checking

Entirety of the Compare Information

Failure to Check
Content from Different Sources

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
RESEARCH
QUESTION 3
Senior high school students are slight more knowledgeable
than Junior high school students in evaluating the reliability of
online information.

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
 CONCLUSION
The student's age doesn't correlate with their knowledge in
evaluating online information.

Age does not have significance with their knowledge in evaluating

online information

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
 LIMITATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS

Larger Sample Size

Age Bracket

Other factors can be

considered.
Data Error
Media and
Information Literacy

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students
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• Tuzahra, F. (2021). Reading online: Evaluation of online sources credibility.

Journal Of Research On Language Education.

• Shabani, K. (2010, December). Vygotsky's zone of proximal development:

Instructional implications and teachers' professional development. ERIC -
Education Resources Information Center.

• Dumitru, E. (2020, September 20). Testing children and adolescents’ ability

to identify fake news: A combined design of quasi-experiment and group
discussions. MDPI.

A Comparative Study on the Age Level on Approaches for Evaluating the Reliability of Online Information among Students