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"Despite mounting attention to the threat of "fake news" on the internet and efforts nationwide to improve digital media literacy, high school students still have difficulty discerning fact from fiction online, according to new research from scholars at Stanford Graduate School of Education."

"This interactive is designed to get students to establish good news-reading habits by making sure they verify news publications and author credentials, and cross-check with other sources before deciding whether something is 'real' news or not."

In an age where the majority of us get our news through social media, the rise of fake news sites, hoaxes and misinformation online is concerning, especially considering that many young people lack the skills necessary to judge the credibility of information they encounter online.

"Young people must be taught how to identify false information online, according to American neuroscientist and psychologist Daniel Willingham."

"The change over the last 20 years in what and how students read has emphasised the importance not only of assessing students' capacity to read, but also what they have learned about the credibility of what they read. For example, how well are they able to distinguish fact from opinion, or detect biased information or malicious content such as phishing or fake news - skills essential in a world flooded by information from a variety of sources."

Teaching and measuring critical evaluations skills through developed assessments of civic online reasoning-the ability to judge the credibility of digital information about social and political issues."

"In contrast to typical readers, fact-checkers move laterally rather than vertically, opening multiple browser tabs to validate claims and checking who is behind a site before continuing to read the initial page. They recognize that they're at a disadvantage if they stay within a website, so they cross-check information across many sites to get a second-or even a third, fourth, and fifth-opinion. It's a modern approach to identifying misinformation online that Wineburg says should be much more commonplace in schools."