Fake News, Real Science (WRI101)
100% in- person : Wall 320

A. Malcolm Campbell (he/him/his)

Spring 2023

Fake News, Real Science Syllabus

class no.
dates
before class
in class activities
data source
assignment submit when pages graded % final
1
Jan 17 read before class
science bliss + vaccine fear
 define class; discuss readings;
 watch lateral reading video
 survey semester topics;
 test open AI and AI detector
 links in this row
 participate, discuss, investigate
 none
0
no
10
2
Jan 19 Greene Chs 1 & 2;
watch Merchants of Doubt
 evaluate news; discuss
 Merchants of Doubt,
 Colin Powell 1
,
 Powell 2
;
 discuss Chs 1 & 2;
 discuss 1st assignment
 web sites;
 watch online;
 dicusss Greene;
participate, discuss, investigate none 0
no
10 
3
Jan 24 Greene Chs 3 & 4; draft Barsoum Fig. 4 1-pager; tips for sentences & paragraphs
 discuss Chs 3 & 4; finish first   draft; email to Dr. C and assigned reviewer;
  citation style
 Barsoum et al., 2013
 Fig 4A OR Fig. 4B
 only
first draft 1-pager
end of class
1
yes
rubric
75
4
Jan 26 Greene Chs 5 & 6; peer review tips handout;
critique peer's draft
 discuss Chs 5 & 6; learn  logic fallacies; discuss &
 complete peer review; email
 to Dr. C and original author
 peer's draft Word file
review peer 1-pager
end of class
0
yes
75
5
Jan 31 Greene Chs 7 & 8;
revise 1-pager (rubric)
 finish 1-pager; argument
 mapping 1; discuss Chs 7 &
 8;
finish 1-pager;
 choose topic!

 reviewer comments
final
1-pager
end of class
1
yes
75
6
Feb 2 Greene Chs 9 & 10;
find data #1; write TP1v1
(rubric)
 argument mapping 2; discuss
 Chs 9 & 10;
work with data
 #1; finish TP1 v1
 your data fig #1
first draft
TP1v1
end of class
1
yes
75
7
Feb 7 review peer's TP1v1;
peer review tips handout
 discuss data; complete peer
 review TP1v1 
 peer's draft Word file
review peer
TP1v1
Sat noon
0
yes
75
8
Feb 9 finsih Tp1v2
 finalize TP1v2;
 publish TP1v2
 peer review
final TP1v2
end of class
1
yes
75
9
Feb 14 find data #2; write TP2v1
(rubric)
 read 3 TP1v2s;
 finish draft TP2v1;
 email to assigned peer
 your data fig #2 first draft TP2v1
end of class
1
yes
75
10
Feb 16 review peer's TP2v1
peer review tips handout
 complete peer review  peer's draft Word file review peer
TP2v1
end of class
0 yes
75
11
Feb 21 finalize Tp2v2
(rubric)
 finalize TP2v2;
 publish TP2v2  
 peer review final TP2v2 end of class
1
yes
75
12
Feb 23  find data #3; draft TP3v1  read 3 TP2v2s;
 finish draft TP3v1;
 email to assigned peer
 your data fig #3   first draft TP3v1
end of class
1 yes
75
13 Feb 28 review peer's TP3v1  complete peer review  peer's draft Word file review peer
TP3v1
Sat noon 0 yes
75
14
Mar 2 finalize Tp3v2  finalize TP3v2;
 publish TP3v2
  peer review final TP3v2
end of class 1 yes
rubric
75
N/A
Mar 7 Spring Break  rest and relaxation (R&R)  N/A N/A N/A 0 no N/A
N/A
Mar 9 Spring Break  watch The Great Hack
 on Netflix before March 14 
 N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A
15
Mar 14 Greene Ch 11;
organize data 1 - 3, ID gaps;
+ 2 figures; tips for papers
 discuss Greene Ch 11; 
 discuss Great Hack;
 start storyboards
 TP1v2, TP2v2,
 & TP3v2
storyboard
draft v1 
end of class yes 15
16
Mar 16 revise storyboard
(storyboard rubric)
read 3 TP3s 
revise storyboard
 citation style
 isntructor comments storyboard draft v2 end of class
3 yes
15
17
Mar 21  find data #4; draft TP4v1  read 3 TP3v2s;
 finish draft TP4v1;
 email to assigned peer
 your data fig #4  first draft TP4v1 end of class 1
yes 75
18
Mar 23  review peer's TP4v1  complete peer review;

 watch Outfoxed

 (coming weekend)
 peer's draft Word file review peer TP4v1 end of class 0 yes 75
19
Mar 28 finalize Tp4v2  discuss Outfoxed 
 finalize TP4v2;
 publish TP4v2
 peer review final TP4v2 end of class 1 yes 75
20
Mar 30 find data #5; draft TP5v1  read 3 TP4v2s;
 finish draft TP5v1;
 email to assigned peer
 your data fig #5 first draft TP5v1 end of class yes 75
21
Apr 4 review peer's TP5v1  complete peer review 
 peer's draft Word file review peer TP5v1 Sat noon yes 75
22
Apr 6 
finalize TP5v2  finalize TP5v2;
 publish TP5v2;  
 watch Uncovered: Whole turth...

(coming weekend)
 peer review final TP5v2 end of class 1 yes  75
23
Apr 11  start writing term paper
tips for writing big papers,
minimize jargon,
(rubric)
 discuss Uncovered...
 writing workshop time
  citation style
 TPs 1 -5 work on
term paper v1  
none 0 no
15
24
Apr 13 work on term paper v1  writing workshop time  TPs 1 -5 work on term paper v1 none 0
no
15
25
Apr 18 finalize term paper v1  complete term paper v1;
 email to assigned peer
 TPs 1 -5 finish term paper v1 end of class
10
yes 15
26
Apr 20 email comments to peer
term paper v1
 repond to comments;
 writing workshop time
 term paper v1
 comments
work on term
paper v2 
end of class 10
yes 15
27
Apr 25 work on paper v2   writing workshop time  term paper v1 
 comments
work on term paper v2
none
0
no 15
28
Apr 27 complete paper v2  fellowships;
 course evaluations
 term paper v1
 comments
submit term paper v2
before class
before
class
10 yes 15
N/A
May 2
nothing - Friday schedule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
N/A
May 4 Reading Day      

 
N/A
May 9 Exam Period

Fake News, Real Science Syllabus


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