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Patrick Thomson
@patrickthomson.bsky.social
Chemistry Education, University of Strathclyde. Views Own.
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This is fascinating to me as a novice education researcher: survey instrument to capture when someone feels so strongly about something they act in in congruent ways about it. How could we use this? How do we already use this?

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You can't even give yourself the mark of the chemist with a glass tube and a cork bung any more. Because of woke.

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Me: why yes, a single free text question in this survey will surely cut to the core of people's motivation Critical friend: um actually Me: Me: *asks anyway* Survey responses: I do it because of this interesting story

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Forgot how good teaching labs are as a replacement for walking holidays!

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MSmu-peter.bsky.social

New study confirms: Thinking hard feels unpleasant The unpleasantness of thinking: A meta-analytic review of the association between mental effort and negative affect. 🏺🧪 psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

Homer Simpson:
Alright brain, I don't like you and you don't like me
But let's just do this, and I can go back to killing you with beer
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SJsjggraham.bsky.social

I'm sad to report this book is not about holding ducks accountable for their crimes.

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PTprof-hinkley.bsky.social

The worst part about insomnia is having to eat all those spiders while I'm awake

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GMjuniorhoncho.bsky.social

Montresor is trying to brick me into a room in his catacombs but every time he turns to get a new brick i knock the last one onto the floor and he's getting pissed off but he can't complain to me about it on account of he's trying to kill me. really funny. think he lied about that amontillado though

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MFeicathomefinn.bsky.social

'Because of a heady mix of economic circumstances, 70 of the nearly 290 higher-education providers in the United Kingdom have announced proposed restructures or redundancies, according to data collected by the University and College Union, which represents academic staff.'

UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens
UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens

As a new academic year dawns, international competition, government policies and inflationary pressures could be pushing some universities to the brink of bankruptcy. As a new academic year dawns, int...

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BMbenmonreal.bsky.social

I just took a survey that would have benefited from the modified 2-D Likert scale I just invented

Likert survey form with options
"strongly agree - agree - neutral - disagree - strongly disagree", or
"grudgingly agree - meh - grudgingly disagree", or 
"this question is annoying"
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Patrick Thomson
@patrickthomson.bsky.social
Chemistry Education, University of Strathclyde. Views Own.
84 followers114 following60 posts