I'm presenting at, attending, and posting about this week's Behavioral #Science & #Policy Association conference.

My posts are over on #BlueSky (because the BSPA is not yet in the Fediverse): https://bsky.app/profile/byrdnick.com/post/3lo4wrwj5bs2o

Another correlational study of #AI use and #CriticalThinking draws unmerited causal conclusions.

This one found a *positive* correlation between AI use and (self-report-derived) critical thinking.

Participants ≅100 pre-service teachers

https://doi.org/10.59400/fes2727

Sagt mal, gibt es Scratch für Teams? Mein Nachwuchs ist da gerade ziemlich "heiß" drauf und programmiert so einiges zusammen. Ich hatte die Idee, dass es bestimmt eine super Sache sein könnte, wenn die Kinder zusammen und dann mit ihren Freunden gemeinsam an einem Projekt arbeiten könnten. Oder gibt es linuxtaugliche Alternativen für Scratch, das so etwas kann? Weiß da einer von euch was?

#FediLZ #Edu #Informatik #Linux #Schule #Unterricht #Lehre #Kinder #Lernen #Technik #scratch #programmieren #kids @linux @linux @fossgaming

People were less averse to #risk (d = 0.4) when making #prenatalTesting decisions in their SECOND #language — even when they seemed to understand the relevant information.

https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.70016

A brief #criticalThinking exercise that made Democrats less interested in sharing misinformation (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07578-5) failed to impact COVID #vaccine #conspiracyTheory beliefs and #vaccineHesitancy.

Check out the #registeredReport: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2491598

Can chatting with #AI help people spot #deepfakes?

Individuals and groups tried to identify machine-generated text, either with or without a deliberative #chatbot (DeliBot).

Groups outperformed individuals. The #LLM merely improved engagement.

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.04945

#ArgumentMapping is supposed to improve #argumentation, but argument map classes are often flipped (vs. lecture).

So is it #logic explanation or Socratic discussion that helps?

One experiment found that it's probably the latter.

https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202504_28(2).TP06

#Diagnosis is often taught alongside concepts like 'sensitivity', 'specificity', and defining symptoms.

But do clinicians notice such cues? Would it help if they did?

An experiment on 34 #nursing students suggests the answers are "yes".

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.03.009

In a collaboration with pre-K teacher, Alex G., we're releasing Learning With Leaflings, a TTRPG system for practicing social-emotional skills with little kids while having fun!

It's made for a particular class, but we wanted to share with others who may be able to use this material as well. It's PWYW with any contributions supporting library donations, and you find it here on the TTRPGkids itchio!

https://ttrpgkids.itch.io/learning-with-leaflings

"The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures" www.chronicle.com/article/trac... Academic Freedom #DEI #FreeSpeech ##science #research #uni #edu #faculty #students #media #press

National Science Foundation Be...

Does asking people to justify their answer improve subsequent answers?

In two experiments (N > 300), students asked to justify their answers performed better on multiple choices immediately afterward (and maybe even 48 hours later).

https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15040477

Does awareness of intuition's fallibility help people avoid faulty intuitions?

#Teaching students #DualProcessTheory didn't help them avoid faulty intuitions about #physics problems.

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.21.010135

https://www.walknews.com/864170/ 焦点：米国から欧州へ、トランプ政権の科学研究予算削減で頭脳流出 | ロイター #ACEDS #AMERS #ANLINS #BOJJ #DEST:NOJPTPM #DEST:NOJPWDM #DEST:NOJPZTM #DIP #DLI #EDU #EMEA #EREP #EU #EUROP #Europe #EuropeNews #FARM #FARM1 #FES #FOBE #FOTB #GEN #GFIN #INSGHT #INTAG #JFOR #JLN #JOB #MTVID #NAMER #NCYC #NEWS1 #POL #POTUS #SCHLS #SCHLS1 #SCI #SOCI #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #TRN #UN1 #UNIVS #US #WASH #WEU #ヨーロッパ #ヨーロッパニュース #欧州

Three prominent professors have departed their tenured posts at #Yale, one of America's most prestigious #IvyLeague schools, for new #Edu jobs in #Canada.

They left #America clues, and basically cited the frightening #reprisals, threats to free speech, bullying and anti-intellectual fervor vowed against the #HigherEd world that has already seen students plucked off streets by secret police and institutions publicly denounced and #defunded by #FarRight thought policing.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03/27/three-prominent-yale-professors-depart-for-canadian-university-citing-trump-fears/

At least 100,000 rallying and marching in Boston today!

Today's the day! I'll see you in the streets people!

HANDS OFF our towns and cities, our state, our immigrants, our LGBTQ folks, our schools, our students, our life-saving research

HANDS OFF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS!

Find your local town or city event here, there are 1000s!

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

See you in the Boston Common on Saturday 11am-2pm people!

HANDS OFF our towns and cities, our state, our immigrants, our LGBTQ folks, our schools, our students, our life-saving research

HANDS OFF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS!

There was a time when Twitter had industry and college chats.
This were educational and networking hubs. Students and professionals would join in these tweetchats to learn and connect. I hope we see something like tweetchats on the #Fediverse someday
#fedichats #education #edu #business #Community #flipboardusergroup