Hello Kerry,
"The Language of God".....by Francis Collins
Quoting malcolm McCallum <malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org>:
back in the 90's I simply photocopied the first and second creation
stories from the bible and then handed 1/2 the class one version and
the other 1/2 the other version. Then I asked them to list the order
that things were created. The students were shocked to find that they
were almost the reverse of one another. However, I only did this in
one class simply because after thinking about it, I was worried about
church-state issues. however, it worked almost TOO well.
Malcolm
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Kerry Griffis-Kyle<kerr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am teaching a Sophomore/Junior level evolution course at Texas
Tech (where a significant proportion of my students believe
evolution is anti-God). One of the activities I have them do is
take three creationist claims about science and use the
peer-reviewed scientific literature to find evidence to support or
refute the claim. It makes them really think about the issues; and
if they follow the directions, it does a better job than any of my
classroom activities convincing them that the claims against
evolution are just a bunch of hooey. Unfortunately, there are
journals claiming peer-review status that are not. It can be very
frustrating.
Like Raphael, I also wonder if there is a good source the students
can use as a rubric for telling if a journal article is
peer-reviewed.
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Kerry Griffis-Kyle
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resources Management
Texas Tech University
--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Raphael Mazor <rapha...@sccwrp.org> wrote:
From: Raphael Mazor <rapha...@sccwrp.org>
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] "real" versus "fake" peer-reviewed journals
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 5:03 PM
I've noticed a number of cases lately where groups with a strong
political agenda (on topics like climate change, evolution, stem
cells, or human health) cite "peer reviewed" studies in journals
that are essentially fabricated for the purpose of advancing a
specific viewpoint.
What's a good way to tell when a journal is baloney? Of course, it's
easy for a scientist in his or her own field to know when a journal
is a sham, but how can we let others know it's obviously fake? For
example, are only "real" journals included on major abstract
indexing services?
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