What does more and less effective internet evaluation entail?: Investigating readers’ credibility judgments across content, source, and context

Highlights：

• ●This study examined early adolescents' performance in, and practices for, evaluating the credibility of internet information.●The study used a critical online resource evaluation (CORE) framework to investigate students' online evaluation.●CORE involves using argumentation practices and habits of mind to evaluate across content, source, and context information.●More effective evaluators relied on content and source evidence and used argumentation and critical, flexible habits of mind.