The impact of interventions against science disinformation in high school students.

ABSTRACT: This work studies the effectiveness of three educational interventions (Civic Online Reasoning (COR), Cognitive Biases (CB), and Inoculation (INOC)) in helping high school students identify science disinformation. We conducted the experiments in classrooms in Northern Italy, the study employed an ecological design with real-world stimuli and a digital cellphone-based platform, engaging 2,288 students. Participants evaluated Instagram posts containing scientific and pseudoscientific content before and after the interventions. While previous research shows the efficacy of these techniques in controlled environments, this study found no significant improvement in students' ability to discern accurate information. However, COR indirectly enhanced accuracy by promoting lateral reading and click

SUBMITTER: Martini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12488950 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature