Stephen Chew
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Professor of Psychology; I study cognition, teaching & learning; See http://samford.edu/how-to-study/ and https://youtube.com/chann;
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Two parents of a trans child discuss scrambling to support their daughter under the U.S. government's efforts to ban transgender care.
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Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Two parents of a trans child discuss scrambling to support their daughter under the U.S. government's efforts to ban transgender care.
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I’ve stared at this for several minutes because I’m very angry about this framing and truly malicious use of visualization to tell a story that is intended to fear.
The top chart represents 166k children. The bottom represents 9 million children. Keep that in mind—giant chart is 1.7% of the kids.
The top chart represents 166k children. The bottom represents 9 million children. Keep that in mind—giant chart is 1.7% of the kids.
Time for another episode of “bad data viz”
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I’ve stared at this for several minutes because I’m very angry about this framing and truly malicious use of visualization to tell a story that is intended to fear.
The top chart represents 166k children. The bottom represents 9 million children. Keep that in mind—giant chart is 1.7% of the kids.
The top chart represents 166k children. The bottom represents 9 million children. Keep that in mind—giant chart is 1.7% of the kids.
My latest essay for The Teaching Professor, "What I’ve Learned About Using Educational Technology" Subscription required.
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What I’ve Learned About Using Educational Technology
Here are some selected highlights from my long history of using educational technology: When I started in academia, we made copies using a ditto machine. You created a “master” and attached it to a dr...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Nature is amazing and science is cool.
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These Spiders Trick Their Predators with Ingenious Decoys Made from Silk and Debris
Two spider species have developed a remarkable defense mechanism by crafting decoys resembling larger spiders.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nature is amazing and science is cool.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
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That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
My essay for The Teaching Professor, "How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning" now freely available at ResearchGate
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(PDF) How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning
PDF | Last month I wrote about how students fool themselves into thinking they have learned concepts when they really haven't. This month I focus on how... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor, "How Faculty Fool Themselves about Teaching and Learning" now freely available at ResearchGate
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My essay for The Teaching Professor "What Does a Teaching-Focused Institution Look Like?" now freely available on
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(PDF) What Does a Teaching-Focused Institution Look Like?
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November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor "What Does a Teaching-Focused Institution Look Like?" now freely available on
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My essay for The Teaching Professor "What Texas Hold'em Taught Me about Prior Knowledge and Learning" now freely available on ResearchGate
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(PDF) What Texas Hold'em Taught Me about Prior Knowledge and Learning
PDF | On Aug 18, 2025, Stephen L Chew published What Texas Hold'em Taught Me about Prior Knowledge and Learning | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor "What Texas Hold'em Taught Me about Prior Knowledge and Learning" now freely available on ResearchGate
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My essay for The Teaching Professor "The Students Who Capture Our Attention (and the Ones Who Should)" now freely available on ResearchGate
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(PDF) The Students Who Capture Our Attention (and the Ones Who Should)
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November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor "The Students Who Capture Our Attention (and the Ones Who Should)" now freely available on ResearchGate
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My essay for The Teaching Professor "Two Truths and a Lie as a Formative Assessment" now freely available on
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(PDF) Two Truths and a Lie as a Formative Assessment
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November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My essay for The Teaching Professor "Two Truths and a Lie as a Formative Assessment" now freely available on
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When I share with educators there is no evidence for learning styles, inevitably they ask for other/better ways to differentiate or personalize their instruction. This meta-analysis shows personalization by learner interest positively affects retention and transfer. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
The Personalized Learning by Interest Effect on Interest, Cognitive Load, Retention, and Transfer: A Meta-Analysis - Educational Psychology Review
None of the existing reviews or meta-analyses have focused on personalized learning that accommodates learners’ interests. To address this issue, we conducted this meta-analysis to examine the effects...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When I share with educators there is no evidence for learning styles, inevitably they ask for other/better ways to differentiate or personalize their instruction. This meta-analysis shows personalization by learner interest positively affects retention and transfer. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Patterns of Nicotine Pouch Use Among US Adults
This cross-sectional study analyzes factors associated with nicotine pouch use among adults in the US.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Trends in Daily Nicotine Vaping and Unsuccessful Quit Attempts in Youths url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trends in Daily Nicotine Vaping and Unsuccessful Quit Attempts in Youths
This cross-sectional study examines trends in rates of nicotine vaping and unsuccessful quit attempts from 2020 to 2024 among US youths in 8th, 10th, and 12th grade.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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I'm not a coffee drinker, and this article in no way changes my mind. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This luxury ‘cat poo’ coffee has a unique flavour: what’s behind it?
Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm not a coffee drinker, and this article in no way changes my mind. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. n.pr/4o0QwmO
Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds
Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. n.pr/4o0QwmO
Guppies, but not doves, fall for the Ebbinghaus Illusion. www.sciencefocus.com/news/optical...
This bizarre optical illusion could teach us how animals think | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Scientists tested two species against each other to see which was more likely to fall for an optical illusion.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Guppies, but not doves, fall for the Ebbinghaus Illusion. www.sciencefocus.com/news/optical...
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Two Truths and a Lie as a Formative Assessment
It occurred to me a few years ago that I could adapt two truths and a lie as an activity to promote learning.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. The treatment could improve the lives of an estimated one million people in the U.S. who lose their vision to the condition if it's approved for broader use.
Vision Restored Using Prosthetic Retinal Implant
The device could help a million people with a severe form of macular degeneration to be able to see enough to read.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For the first time, researchers have restored some vision to people with a common eye disease by using a prosthetic retinal implant. The treatment could improve the lives of an estimated one million people in the U.S. who lose their vision to the condition if it's approved for broader use.
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Gifted Dogs Show They Can Learn Language Skills Thought Unique to Humans
Pooches, puppers, doggos – all these words mean the same thing.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Teaching Tips: The First Major Exam or Assignment
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Some research-based practices you may find useful for before, during, and after your first major assessment to improve student success and help struggling students turn things around afterward.
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Some research-based practices you may find useful for before, during, and after your first major assessment to improve student success and help struggling students turn things around afterward.
#EdDev #Teaching
Teaching Tips: The First Major Exam or Assignment
I’ve earlier shared evidence-based teaching tips and resources for the critical first week of a course, including these resources: Establishing Expectations: A Growth Mindset Approach –…
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September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Teaching Tips: The First Major Exam or Assignment
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Some research-based practices you may find useful for before, during, and after your first major assessment to improve student success and help struggling students turn things around afterward.
#EdDev #Teaching
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Some research-based practices you may find useful for before, during, and after your first major assessment to improve student success and help struggling students turn things around afterward.
#EdDev #Teaching