Clark Chinn
@clarkchinn
A professor of Educational Psychology, focusing on research to understand and improve thinking in general and scientific reasoning in particular.
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http://gse.rutgers.edu/clark_chinn 12-03-2011 09:09:03
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A survey that #RUSCI’s Amy Jordan and @vikki_katz co-led, focuses on the impact online learning has had on Rutgers students: ow.ly/D5Vv50BriD9
We have lost a giant in the history of our nation with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It is heartbreaking that in her final moments she was, as are many others, preoccupied with what would happen after her passing. I want to make one thing clear: we can, and must, fight.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end, through her cancer, with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals. That’s how we remember her. But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored. My statement: obama.medium.com/my-statement-o…
4 post-truth problems to be addressed: 1. lack of knowledge how to evaluate information 2. cognitive biases and limitations 3. caring more about personal/economic/... values than truth 4. disagreeing about how to known by @SaritBarzilai & Clark Chinn tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
When other people got COVID-19, Chris Christie said some Americans are just gonna have to die. Now that he has COVID-19, he's checking himself into the hospital as soon as he feels even mild symptoms. When he said we have to accept people dying he didn't mean him. He meant us.
In addition, for people who are interested in science, acceptance, misinformation, etc. I recommend you check out this special issue of Educational Psychologist on educational responses to a "post truth" world and how to improve thinking about scientific issues. tandfonline.com/toc/hedp20/55/…
In their article in Journal Of the Learning Sciences, Jeff Greene isn't really here anymore., Clark Chinn, and Victor Deekens explored whether and how experts transferred apt epistemic performance. doi.org/10.1080/105084…