
Research topics
critical reading, online credibility evaluation skills, prior knowledge in online credibility evaluation, instructional design
Research fields
digital literacies, educational psychology
Funding
Latest publications
Enhancing pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy to educate critical online readers
Hämäläinen, E. K., Kulju, P., Tarchi, C. & Kiili, C., 2026, In: Cogent Education. 13, 1, 2706256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Home factors for critical reading skills among parents of fourth, sixth, and eighth graders
Ruotsalainen, J., Kanniainen, L., Kiili, C., Torppa, M. & Paakkari, L., 19 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reading and Writing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Self-efficacy in online credibility evaluation: examining grade-level differences
Anttonen, R., Räikkönen, E., Kanniainen, L., Kiili, K. & Kiili, C., 29 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Discourse Processes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Supporting Adolescents’ Skills to Interpret Misleading Graphs Through Game-Based Learning: Did Signaling of Visual Manipulations Matter?
Hirvonen, H., Ninaus, M., Kiili, C. & Kiili, K., 2 Jan 2026, Games and Learning Alliance: 14th International Conference, GALA 2025, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 19–21, 2025, Proceedings. Bakkes, S., Bellotti, F., Dondio, P., Ninaus, M., Wannick, V. & Bucchiarone, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 34-44 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
The framework of prior knowledge in online credibility evaluation
Kiili, C., Bråten, I. & Coiro, J., 10 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Psychologist.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Explicit video-based instruction enhanced students’ online credibility evaluation skills: Did storifying instruction matter?
Kiili, C., Kiili, K., Räikkönen, E. & Coiro, J., May 2025, In: Computers and Education. 229, 105252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Full ADHD Health Literacy Game: Identification with the Game’s Main Character
Hirvonen, H., Kiili, K. & Kiili, C., 19 Aug 2025, Proceedings of the 9th International GamiFIN Conference Ylläs, Finland, April 1-4, 2025. D'souza, P., Tang, H., Xi, N. & Hamari, J. (eds.). CEUR-WS, p. 44-60 17 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 4012).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Online credibility evaluation skills in upper secondary students: The role of grade level, argument evaluation, and analytic thinking dispositions
Svedholm-Häkkinen, A. M., Forzani, E., Coiro, J. & Kiili, C., Feb 2025, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 118, 102640.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Towards Renewal and Repair: Crossing Boundaries and Building Hybrid Contexts in International Digital Literacies Research: Part of the strcutured poster session (Crossing Boundaries and Forging New Paths in Digital Literacies Research)
Castek, J., Coiro, J., Forzani, E., Hagerman, M. S., Kiili, C. & Sparks, J., 23 Apr 2025.Research output: Other conference contribution › Poster › Scientific
Empowering teachers to educate critical online readers
Kiili, C. & Kulju, P., 11 Jul 2024, Critical Reading of Digital Texts: The Emile Project : Empowering Schools in Self-Regulation of Media and Information Literacy Processes. Tarchi, C. (ed.). Italy: Hogrefe, p. 89–107; 129–133 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific