Dissemination

The teaching material available on this webpage has been developed within the research project PerFake to teach high-school and university students about the belief perseverance bias.

High-school teachers and university lecturers are encouraged to use this teaching material in their lectures. Using the provided material, students can learn:

• how fake news and misinformation negatively impact individuals’ opinions and decisions,
• about the belief perseverance bias,
• about methods to mitigate the belief perseverance bias.

The teaching unit provides the opportunity for the students to learn by experience. Namely, the students can learn and better understand the functioning of the belief perseverance bias in relation to misinformation and fake news by actively participating in an online experiment and reflecting on and discussing their experience during the experiment.

Detailed information about the teaching unit, its components, and time requirements are provided here: