Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public.
Instead, they just need a little bit of guidance on how to approach the flood of text, images and websites they encounter on a daily basis. And that guidance will only be more important as ChatGPT and other AI tools enter the mix.
