AVReading

Here is the online practice for the MCA Reading test. 

            Since the 2016 elections, and the ensuing investigations over the proliferation of fake news, we have seen a renewed interest in teaching students how to evaluate the information they access online.  This month’s Reading Research Quarterly (Spring 2019) included a study that looked at how students process the credibility of information on the internet.                I found the study to be insightful for a number of reasons.  First, getting students to read their source materials with a critical eye is extremely important, and I wanted to know if there was something new (or if I had forgotten something important) on the topic.  Second, the study used a mixed methodology which means it had both quantitative and qualitative measures to collect and interpret data.   Finally, it examined the habits across both middle ...