Episode 145: Teach Skills, Not Facts From Choralosophy: “This week, I am excited to have Melanie Trecek-King as our guest. Melanie is a science educator who specializes in teaching science to non-science majors. In addition to […]
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You know how when someone disagrees with you, and you educate them with your evidence, they say, “Of course you’re right! How could I have been so wrong?!?” Yeah, that doesn’t happen very often. But there
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From the Sensibly Speaking Podcast Website “[Chris Shelton produces] this weekly show to discuss various topics of interest in a sensible way with critical thinking as the preferred point of view. Far too often, especially in
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Brian Kerby and I discuss science and critical thinking education – including the importance of teaching skills, not facts – on 502 Conversations About 502 Conversations: “Discussions with critical thinkers, scientists, doctors, philosophers, magicians, entertainers, and others about belief, why
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Interview with Christopher Cogswell on the Mad Scientist Podcast! About: The Mad Scientist Podcast is a comedy show about the history and philosophy of science and pseudoscience. Hosted by Chris and Marie, join our intrepid hosts
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From”Willing to Listen – South Bruce Proud” podcast with host Sheila Whytock: Episode 32: Part 1: “Melanie is the creator of the website Thinking Is Power. In today’s episode, Part 1 of a 2 part series,
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From The Thinking Atheist: “Melanie Trecek-King is a biology professor and founder of Thinking Is Power. She has a lot to say about science education…and why the facts simply aren’t enough.” Listen: Thinking Is Power: Why Knowledge Is
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CSICon Sunday Morning Papers Presentation The Center for Inquiry’s annual conference, CSICon, has a wonderful tradition of giving newcomers the opportunity to give short presentations at the Sunday Morning Papers sessions. This last year, I had
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Leah McGrath and Melanie Trecek-King From the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences website: Talking about food can get complicated. Discussions on nutrition can be even more complex. The way we think about
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News Literacy Project Checkology lesson exploring how to use the FLOATER toolkit From News Literacy Project: “Evaluating Science-Based Claims” boosts students’ science literacy “Evaluating Science-Based Claims” teaches students how to evaluate science-based claims using an easy acronym,
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