This week we talk about perfectionism, grades, and systems of evaluation and how they impact learners and us as humans.

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Here, we discuss a recent episode of the podcast, WorkLife with Adam Grant. In that episode, Grant meets with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen, the authors of the book "Your Brain on Art." We also chat about research showing the correlation between the arts and award-winning artists.

Arts Foster Scientific Success: Avocations of Nobel, National Academy, Royal Society, and Sigma Xi Members

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Welcome to 2024! Look at us, we made it. This week we talk outgroup dehumanization and how we put people in buckets of us and them. What is the consequence of our tribal nature has humans and the way that makes us willing to treat people that our not in our tribe in dehumanizing ways?

Adam Grant's Work Life podcast episode with Elliot Aronson

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In this special holiday edition, Scott and Ollie record their pointless banter before the show.

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This week we talk about the research that we do when we are not talking to each other on the podcast.

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In this episode, we discuss the role of computer simulations in science education.

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This week we talk about the importance of discomfort in learning. Inspired by reading:

Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

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In this episode, we discuss the NCTM standards and teaching practices and how they compare to the NGSS standards.

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This week we talk about The School of Thought, in particular the new Conspiracy Test that asks people to examine their own thinking. We make connections to how students learn and how to have civil conversations at the holidays.

School of Thought

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In this episode, we discuss different ethical scenarios that relate to the use of generative AI in academic situations.

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