The intervention led to an improvement of a moderate effect. However, this was only true for those who completed the study.

Improvement in Scientific Vigilance by the Critical Reading Guide Intervention

Those who received the intervention were significantly more likely not to finish the study than those who did not. Therefore, this suggests that some inherent quality of the critical reading guide intervention may make children less willing to complete the study.

High Attrition Rate of the Critical Reading Guide Intervention

- High attrition rate
- Improvement in scientific vigilance (when controlling for attrition)

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A guide that includes questions to prompt students to critically evaluate a scientific article. Examples of questions include "What makes this article credible as science information?" and "What might influence the author's viewpoints?".

Critical Reading Guide Intervention

Tseng, A. S., Bonilla, S., & MacPherson, A. (2021). Fighting “bad science” in the information age: The effects of an intervention to stimulate evaluation and critique of false scientific claims. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 58(8), 1152-1178. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21696

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