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

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

Effectiveness of the 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

Fighting “bad science” in the information age: The effects of an intervention to stimulate evaluation and critique of false scientific claims

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.

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