Communicating Science Matters: Evidence from the BASCOE Study, a quantitative study from Brain Awareness Week outreach activities

• DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/ebr2k
• Publication Date: 2024-12-13T11:09:53Z
• Authors: Carlos Pita; Inês P. Silva; Ana Rita Colaço; Margarida Brotas; Beatriz Felgueiras; Beatriz Nogueira; Olga Carreira; Ana F. Fonseca; Mariana Castro; Adriana Capucho; Gonçalo Melo; Fatima O. Martins; Gabriela Ribeiro; Conceição Calhau; Sandra Tenreiro; Hugo Vicente Miranda; Silvia Vilares Conde; Cesar Mendes; Cláudia Nunes dos...; Nuno Mendonça; Maria Serrano Cor...; Nuno Miguel Gonça...; Natasa Loncarevic...
• Keywords: Outreach; Baseline (sea); Risk Communication; Formal education

While the importance of science communication and outreach is widely acknowledged, their impact often overlooked or not measured. To address this question we carried a study aimed to quantitatively assess influence activities on knowledge acquisition retention by secondary school students during Brain Awareness Week (BAW) 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal from population 428 raging 6th 12th grade (6-12 years formal education). Analysis pre- post-event questionnaire data revealed significant improvement participant scores seven days post-activity compared baseline. These findings highlight such quantitative evaluations underscore pivotal role enhancing scientific schoolchildren.