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Week
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Topic
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Assignments
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Sept. 11
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Introduction of course
Behavior theory:Classical and Operant Conditioning in practice
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Ormrod 3-6
(Read after class:Castrale and
Cunio “Negative Rewards”; Chance and Kohn debate; for essay purposes) |
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Sept. 18
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Social Learning Theory and Practice and its current manifestations,
Social Cognitive Theory
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Ormrod 7
“Modeling Expertise
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Sept. 25
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The Switch from Behavior to Cognition:The implications for teaching
Quiz 1
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Ormrod 8
Shuell “Cognitive Conceptions of Learning”
Quiz on Behavior theory and Social Learning theory
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Oct. 2
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Cognitive Theory and Practice
Connections essay discussion groups
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Ormrod 9-12
Kulhavy and Schwartz “Working Memory”
Connections essay 1 due
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Oct. 9
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Constructivism:Theory and Implications
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Fosnot “ Constructivism:A
Psychological Theory of Learning”
Paragraph proposing learning project due
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Oct. 16
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Concept Learning:Acquiring knowledge and solving problems
Learning groups meet
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Ormrod 14
Pintrich, Marx and Boyle “Beyond Cold Conceptual Change”
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Oct 23
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Transferring learning to the real world
Connections essay discussion groups
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Ormrod 16
Druckman and Bjork “Optimizing Long Term Retention and Transfer”
Connections essay 2 due
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Oct. 30
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The Contextual Nature of Learning
Quiz 2
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Brown,
Collins and Duguid “Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning”
Quiz on Cognitive theory, Constructivism and Transfer
(excluding concept learning) |
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Nov. 6
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Instructional Applications of Cognitive Theory
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Ormrod 13, 15
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Nov. 13
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Motivation Theories based on needs and drives
Learning groups meet
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Ormrod 17-18
Ames and Ames “Motivation and Effective Teaching”
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Nov. 20
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Motivation Theories based on cognitions
Connections essay discussion groups
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Paris and Turner “Situated
Motivation”
Connections essay 3 due
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Nov. 27
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Self-regulated Learning
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Paris and Winograd “How metacognition can promote
academic learning and instruction”
Quiz on Instructional applications and Motivation theories
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Dec. 4
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Course evaluation
Learning groups present common conclusions to the class
as a whole
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Learning Projects due
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