Classroom Connection: Fact Check Like a Pro

OER teachers are the best because they teach their students how to support claims using evidence. I think this is a powerful skill to learn in school. I introduced the claim testers early in the course (I teach Big History) and then my students practice as much as possible. On test, they have to support their claims using evidence. Today, for example, they completed the Claim Testing Evidence for the unit on Earth (we discussed Continental Drift). 

We had an interesting discussion because some students considered authority more important than evidence. They made the claim that during the Copernican era, he lacked the authority to convince many people because the Catholic Church was the authority of the time.

OER teachers are the best because they teach their students how to support claims using evidence. I think this is a powerful skill to learn in school. I introduced the claim testers early in the course (I teach Big History) and then my students practice as much as possible. On test, they have to support their claims using evidence. Today, for example, they completed the Claim Testing Evidence for the unit on Earth (we discussed Continental Drift). 

We had an interesting discussion because some students considered authority more important than evidence. They made the claim that during the Copernican era, he lacked the authority to convince many people because the Catholic Church was the authority of the time.