kitchen table math, the sequel: one more reason why Google isn't research

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

one more reason why Google isn't research

In a research study, when 48 students were shown this web site, 90 percent of them missed the joke and thought it provided reliable information.

Further Reading on Reading
NY TIMES
Literacy Debate Online, R U Really Reading?
By MOTOKO RICH
Published: July 27, 2008

3 comments:

wordsmith said...

Oh, that is rich! Probably the same kids would quote from the Onion, too.

K9Sasha said...

I loved it. Thanks for the link.

Catherine Johnson said...

It really is wonderful, isn't it???

you know....when I was a kid, I was pretty gullible

I was an enthusiastic sort of person (still am) --- I probably could have looked at that and thought, "Cool!"