Authors

• Kiili, Carita (Tampere University)

Keywords

children, comprehension, evaluation, primary education, primary schools, reading skills, reading tests

Abstract

The data includes students' answers and scores for five different tests that examine their reading comprehension and ability to evaluate the reliability of online texts. The data was collected as part of Educating Critical Online Readers #CORE -project.

In the first test, a reading comprehension test, the students read an informational text and then answered 12 multiple-choice questions related to the text. In the word chain test, the students had to identify as many words as possible from chains of four words written together within a certain time limit. In the next test, the prior knowledge test, students answered 12 true-false statements about sugar and its effects based on their prior knowledge.

The students' ability to assess the reliability of websites was measured using a self-efficacy scale, which presented six statements related to the reliability of websites. As a final test, the students did a critical reading exercise where they read four different websites about the effects of sugar and had to assess the reliability of the websites through various statements and tasks. The instruments used are described in more detail in the Background Information form (bgF3959_fin.pdf) and the Questionnaire (quF3959_fin.pdf).

Background information include gender, age, language spoken at home, highest level of education attained by guardians, and school and class code.