Each person should fill out their own responses.
Week 1 Session Sheets
Day 1 Group members: Please list your name and the names of your group members here:
Spencer N, Ryan
Breakout room Activity: Generate a list of 'scientific thinking' pro-tips you think people should keep in
mind as they consume info (reading news, scrolling on social media, listening to podcasts, etc.).
What do you think critical consumers should look for? Values, commitments, funding sources, social
confirmation, multiple sources, recency of study, opposing theory/data.
What questions could critical consumers ask themselves about the information that they are
reading/listening to? Where THEY are sourcing information, who funds their organization, and who is
their target “audience” is
Are there any ‘red-flag’ phrases that should induce skepticism? Using opinionated statements in
scholarly research papers,
How could critical consumers follow up with additional sources if they want to learn more (where could
they go to look for more info)? Look into the sources that your research is based on, and discover if they
are peer-reviewed or what things could
What makes a piece of information convincing? Likely to be true?
Please list your personal favorite tips here:
Day 2 Group Members: Please list your name and the names of your group members here:
Breakout room activity:
How do you think our values inform the practice of science, or should they?
Do they affect the questions we ask?
Do they influence the way we ask questions?
Do they influence who participates in research?
Do they influence who benefits?
our values can inflict the way we conduct our research, If our personal biases get in the way of how we
view our data and make it into our research, it affects how and what we ask. Due to many biases we can
also end up skewing who we research how, however this can also be a good thing our values can improve
the curiosity we approach our studies with. Our research can benefit just about anything but in the same
sentiment it can also harm or challenge how we view something differently. Like we mentioned in class
this is a broad topic but i think overall the values we put into our research should come from a place to
benefit us all and without bias.