Andrew L. DuFresne

Scientist. Educator. Mentor. Discussant. Consultant. Let's figure this out together. and Lead Educator at Parlance Educators

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@JasonSynaptic @Ford @FordMustang @FordPerformance It's the vanity plate for me.

One of these days, I'll be ready to reach out for us to chat about the neuroscience of learning! ... if you're interested, of course

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@SueKinMA @ravenscimaven @WPI The ivory tower can get lonely and doesn't have the same impact (a 3rd tower, @WPI?) without a walk in the public square. End the siloes. Learn from each other/other disciplines. #MESH the fields (Math, Engineering, Science, Humanities).

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@SueKinMA @ravenscimaven Came here for the inclusion of writing and effective communication in STEM ed, and then was even more pleasantly surprised to see a fellow @WPI alum touting the benefits of the project approach and WPI plan. We're long overdue for including comms training/ed in STEM.

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@ChemistryKit OK, hope to catch you! Charm City (Baltimore) hosted the Grand Prix in 2011. It was fun to see! Having seen it in Montreal, too, I wondered whether any tech used has to change for different style cities/tracks. Thoughts?

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@ChemistryKit I've enjoyed your Twitter feed, Dr. Chapman! Any idea which dates you may be in the DC/Baltimore/Arlington region? I'd love the opportunity to get a bite, talk science history and education, and set you up for the night.

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@JasonSynaptic Beautiful!

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

Who among us hasn't felt partially refloated every now and then?

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@JasonSynaptic @WPI @WpiJagan @LassenNPS Apologies! I didn't do the reading. Uncharacteristic of me.

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@akilbello Perhaps the most important topics are not just citing problems/changes but positing solutions & analyzing data that inform them.

What have we learned from extensive remote learning in terms of resources we need? teaching strategies that work? training we need in place?

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Seconded, @ELaserDavies . I still have your fun doodles from working together 7 years ago. You've been making an impact for a while. Proud of you!

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

Read on for great #scicomm tips that are relevant now & always. Center your audience. Connect. Relate. Fall back on classic tenets of persuasive argument: establish bona fides (& that your aud. is heard), clarify your logic (in THEIR terms!), & show empathy. Ethos, logos, pathos.

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OH LOOK, ANOTHER DAY

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

student with a test soon at the end of our help session: "Alright, I'm pumped! I've got this."

Music to my ears. Now I'M pumped for the rest of my office hours!

narrator: Andrew is always pumped while helping his students. He's just now EXTRA pumped.

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We need to reach those who *don't* already trust the science. Connection, then content. #ScienceForSociety

[dominique brossard @brossardd]

where are the #scicomm and other social scientists?

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Ha! Happy birthday, @LizNeeley !

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

I spent ages trying to work out what to get her.

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@JasonSynaptic THERE it is!

And I find teaching my students, even via Zoom, locks out the anxiety of the times.

Then I finish up, hit End Meeting for All, and it rushes back and hits me like a load of bricks. Fun!

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@JasonSynaptic @Hoosierflyman @CMM_JHU I have no shortage of gaffes hahaha. And no, certainly not all alcohol related haha

[Andrew L. DuFresne @MentalMarkets]

@JasonSynaptic @Hoosierflyman @CMM_JHU But we could also throw in there that my attempt to be gracious at a Penn weekend and buying a second bottle of wine for our table of like 10 did NOT go over well after the fact.