| GENERAL PLAN OF CLASS: 10:30 - 11:10 : LECTURE 11:10 - 11:20 : BREAK 11:20 - 12:05 : CLASS DISCUSSION |
| WEEK 1: JUNE 27 - 30 M/T/W/Th INTRODUCTIONS WEEK |
| MON: 6/27: FIRST DAY: INTRODUCTIONS TO CLASS AND EACH OTHER USING THE "ON-LINE-DISCUSSION" SITE. MAKE 1ST POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING |
| TUE: 6/28: ORMROD: CHAPTER 1: DEFINITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF LEARNING PINKER: CHAPTER 1: THE OFFICIAL THEORY |
| WED: 6/29: ORMROD: CHAPTER 2: LEARNING AND THE BRAIN PINKER: CHAPTER 2: SILLY PUTTY Powerpoint slides available on the web here |
| THU: 6/30: ORMROD: CHAPTER 3: BEGIN BEHAVIORIST VIEWS OF LEARNING PINKER: CHAPTER 3: THE LAST WALL TO FALL Powerpoint slides available on the web here MAKE 2ND POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISUCSSIONS (BY SATURDAY) REACTIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING |
| WEEK 2: JULY 4 - 7: BEHAVIORISM THEORIES |
| MON: 7/4: FORTH OF JULY HOLIDAY. NO CLASS |
| TUE: 7/5: ORMROD: CHAPTER 4: OPERANT CONDITIONING PINKER: CHAPTER 4: CULTURE VULTURES MAKE 3RD POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING |
| WED: 7/6: ORMROD: CHAPTER 5: APPLICATIONS OF OPERANT CONDITIONING PINKER: CHAPTER 5: THE SLATE'S LAST STAND |
| THU: 7/7: Example of "Programmed Instruction" web link: ORMROD: CHAPTER 6: EFFECTS OF AVERSIVE STIMULI PINKER: CHAPTER 6 POLITICAL SCIENTISTS: MAKE 4TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONBY SATURDAY EVENING.. REACTIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING |
| WEEK 3: JULY 11 - JULY 14: COGNITIVE THEORIES |
| MON: 7/11: ORMROD: CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY PINKER: CHAPTER 7: THE HOLY TRINITY |
| TUE: 7/12: Continued discussion of Social Cognitive Theory: Self Efficacy MAKE 5TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY WENSDAY EVENING |
| WED: 7/13: ORMROD: CHAPTER 8 : ANTECEDENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF COGNITIVISM PINKER: CHAPTER 8: THE FEAR OF INEQUALITY Piaget Demonstrations link to Scripted Dyad structure DAP link |
| THU: 7/14: ORMROD: CHAPTER 9 : BASIC COMPONENTS OF MEMORY PINKER: CHAPTER 9: THE FEAR OF IMPERFECTIBILITY GI Model Discussion MAKE 6TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING |
| WEEK 4: JULY 18 - 21: COMPLEX LEARNING THEORIES |
| MON: 7/18: ORMROD: CHAPTER 10-11-12: LONG TERM MEMORY ISSUES I, II AND III. SKIM THESE CHAPTERS PINKER: CHAPTER 10: THE FEAR OF DETERMINISM LINK TO INDIANA INTELLIGENCE HOME PAGE |
| TUE: 7/19: ORMROD: CHAPTER 13 METACOGNITION, SELF-REGULATED LEARNING AND STUDY STRATEGIES: PINKER: CHAPTER 11: THE FEAR OF NIHILISM LINK TO SHERMAN'S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES WEB PAGE MAKE 7TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING |
| WED: 7/20: ORMROD: CHAPTER 14: TRANSFER AND PROBLEM SOLVING PINKER: CHAPTER 12: IN TOUCH WITH REALITY |
| THU: 7/21: ORMROD: CHAPTER 15: SOCIAL PROCESSES IN KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION PINKER: CHAPTER 13: OUT OF OUR DEPTHS Cooperative Learning Links: IASCE Singapore presentation. International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education Sherman's CL in Higher Education link Johnson's Cooperative learning. MAKE 8TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING |
| WEEK 5: JULY 25 - 28: MOTIVATION AND EMOTION ISSUES |
| MON: 7/25: SCANS Report (1992) View the Johnson's Cooperative Learning Tape: Positive Interdependence. The Johnson's Home Page Elizabeth Cohen;s "Complex Instruction" site Spencer Kagan's Coop-Coop site The "Tribes" home page Robert Slavin's Cooperative Learning: STAD and CIRC PINKER: CHAPTER 16: POLITICS |
| TUE: 7/26: ORMROD: CHAPTER 16: MOTIVATION AND AFFECT PINKER: CHAPTER 17: VIOLENCE MAKE 9TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING |
| WED: 7/27: ORMROD: CHAPTER17: COGNITIVE FACTORS IN MOTIVATION PINKER: CHAPTER |
| THU: 7/28: group work ORMROD: CHAPTER 18: ATTRIBUTIONS PINKER: CHAPTER 18 : GENDER MAKE 10TH POSTING TO ON-LINE-DISCUSSIONS. REACTIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING |
| WEEK 6: August 3 - 6 : LAST WEEK - PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER |
| MON: 8/1: PINKER: CHAPTER 19: CHILDREN INDIVIDUAL PAPERS DUE |
| TUE: 8/2: GROUP PRESENTATIONS PINKER: CHAPTER 20: THE ARTS |
| WED: 8/3: PINKER: THE VOICE OF THE SPECIES |
| THU: 8/4: LAST DAY Turn In Portfolio. |