Program

Wednesday, July 22

Homework Prior to Workshop; Take the Plausibility Ranking Task

8:30 Introductions and icebreakers (Carla & Doug)

9:00 Credibility: Evaluating Information Sources; Activity: Intro to Credibility; Intro Lateral Reading (Doug)

9:50 Initial Plausibility Ranking Task Results (Doug)

10:00 Break

10:15 Plausibility: Evaluating Connection between Lines of Scientific Evidence & Claims Reappraise Plausibility Rankings; Introduction to the Model-Evidence Link Diagram (Doug)

10:30 Activity: Freshwater baMEL (handout Wetlands pcMEL) (Doug & Carla)

11:25 Road Check (Carla & Doug)

11:30 Adjourn for the day (Carla & Doug)

Tonight's Reading Assignment: McGrew 2024 & Lombardi 2016

Thursday, July 23

8:30 Overview (Carla & Doug field questions from the Road Check)

9:00 Assessment; Levels of Evaluation plus NGSS-aligned MEL Explanation Task Rubric; Look at student explanations—score & discuss (Carla)

10:00 Break

10:15 Intro to Reasoning (Affirmation-driven vs. Accuracy-driven); View Reasoning About Socioscientific Issues instrument (RASSI) Items & Some Interview Responses (Carla)

Distribute Science Denial: WHY IT HAPPENS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT by Gale M. Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, 2021.

10:40 Exploring Digital Resources and Gallery Walk (Carla)

11:15 End of Workshop Evaluation (Carla & Doug)

11:30 Adjourn (Carla & Doug)