Fake News: Logical Reasoning Ability and Students Vulnerability

Jerald C Moneva,Ismaelita Desabille,Rena Mae N Yaun

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i3/7090

Abstract

Logical reasoning ability refers to the students’ ability to understand logical work through concepts and problems. Logical reasoning is one of the fundamental skill that is used for effective thinking. Fake news is a spread of inaccurate information in the internet and other forms of media. It is made either to misinform or deceive the reader most inevitably the students. The researcher aims to assess the relationship between logical reasoning ability and students’ vulnerability towards fake news. There are 240 respondents to answer the given survey questionnaire. All grade 11 and grade 12 students in the strand of STEM, HUMSS, GAS, ABM and TVL-Drafting in Jagobiao National High School- Senior High School Department were requested to answer the questionnaire in rating scale. The methodology in this study is quantitative survey using a check-list and NCAE result to gather data. The data have been analyzed using chi-square to determine if there is an association between logical reasoning ability and students’ vulnerability towards fake news. The result showed that there are no significant association between logical reasoning ability and students vulnerability towards fake news. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the parents, teachers, and school should put their guard on their children for them not to be easily deceit by fake news. It has been recommended that they should provide facts to students and encourage them to combat against the spread of false information.

Highlights

Fake news is a spread of false stories in the internet and other forms of media.Fake news has no basis but seems factually accurate because such content is not questioned or reviewed
This research will be a useful reference for the future researchers who would plan to make any related study about logical reasoning ability and students vulnerability towards fake news
Howard Gardner who proposed the multiple intelligence theory mentions that logicalmathematical intelligence is the students’ capacity to process information through logic and reason

Summary

Introduction

Introduction Fake news is a spread of false stories in the internet and other forms of media. The researchers believed that logical reasoning ability has a great influence on how students identify fake news. Significance of the Study The results of the study will be a great benefit to the following: The study will provide information to the students regarding their logical reasoning ability in dealing with fake news. This research will be a useful reference for the future researchers who would plan to make any related study about logical reasoning ability and students vulnerability towards fake news. They will gain new insights regarding on how students behave in today’s information era. I unreluctantly share a post in facebook if I find it interesting

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