Comprehensive information-literacy curricula yield mixed results on misinformation detection¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? Several comprehensive curricula improved misinformation detection versus controls, but others showed only partial gains or null effects. → Rau 2025

Evidence¶

Rau 2025¶

Rau, M. A., & Premo, A. E. (2025). Systematic Review of Educational Approaches to Misinformation. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10012-8

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The review's synthesis of seven comprehensive-curricula articles states that "the reviewed curricula yielded mixed results", with improved detection versus controls in several studies, partially positive findings in two, and one curriculum on epistemic vigilance failing to outperform a control.

"Overall, the reviewed curricula yielded mixed results. Several studies reported improved misinformation detection compared to controls (Apuke & Gever, 2023; Apuke et al., 2023; Murrock et al., 2018) and pretest-to-posttest gains in credibility judgments (Scheibenzuber et al., 2021)."

Discussion¶

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