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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From i wonder: In deciding on how to act on new information or a solution to a problem, we often look to science for evidence to back the validity of these claims. Certain claims may seem credible because
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From Thinking Clearly: #74 – Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking – back to the basics – with Melanie Trecek-King “Our guest, Melanie Trecek-King, Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College, became dissatisfied with students mindlessly
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From Liferaft: “At Liferaft, we know from talking to hundreds of OSINT analysts that online misinformation presents a growing challenge. Social networks make it easier than ever for fake news to spread. And we have already
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From The Skeptic Zone Podcast with Richard Saunders: Episode #740: Lessons in Science and Pseudoscience “Science educator Melanie Trecek-King tells us about her recent report in ‘The Skeptic’ magazine (Australia) about the differences between science, pseudoscience and science
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FLOATER: A life preserver for staying afloat in a sea of misinformation From Skeptical Inquirer Presents: “In a world full of misinformation, being able to critically evaluate claims is empowering. Good thinking is the best way
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Float away, float away, float away – from misinformation From Dr Ken Milne of the Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine: “This is an SGEM Xtra episode. I met Melanie through our online interactions on Twitter. She posts excellent tweets
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From Kevin Folta of the Talking Biotech Podcast Episode 336: Critical Evaluation of Scientific Claims Information is everywhere, but how do we know what to trust, and if we’re being fooled? I speak with Melanie Trecek-King
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From The Vaccination Station: “Melanie Trecek-King is a science educator who specialises in critical thinking. We discuss the importance of critical thinking, Melanie’s science education course (called Science for Life), the question of whether or not
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From Kenny Biddle (Skeptical Help Bar): “Grab a drink and strap on your Critical Thinking caps – we’re gonna learn some skills. Melanie is an assistant Professor of Biology and has developed a general-education science course
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