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What is Lateral Reading? The Works of SHEG (Stanford History Education Group)

Breakstone, Joel, et al. “Lateral Reading: College Students Learn to Critically Evaluate Internet Sources in an Online Course.” Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-56.

“Sort Fact from Fiction Online with Lateral Reading.” YouTube, uploaded by Stanford History Education Group, 16 Jan. 2020, https://youtu.be/SHNprb2hgzU.

Wineburg, Sam, et al. “Educating for Misunderstanding: How Approaches to Teaching Digital Literacy Make Students Susceptible to Scammers, Rogues, Bad Actors, and Hate Mongers.” (Working Paper A-21322, Stanford History Education Group, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2020). https://purl.stanford.edu/mf412bt5333.

Wineburg, Sam, and Sarah McGrew. “Lateral Reading and the Nature of Expertise: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information.” Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, vol. 121, no. 11, 2019, pp. 1–40. https://purl.stanford.edu/yk133ht8603.

---. “Lateral Reading: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information.” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3048994.

 


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