Class Schedule

Jan. 17 Introduction

Jan. 24 In-school vs. Out-of-school Thinking and Reasoning

  • Reading Assignment:

    Resnick (1987). Learning in school and out.

    Lave (1988) Life after school.

    Discuss Human Subjects Research Review Committee

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    • Jan. 31 In-school vs. Out-of-school Thinking and Reasoning

  • Reading Assignment:

    Rogoff (1994). Developing understanding of the idea of communities of learners.

    Optional Reading:

    Saxe (1990). The interplay between children's learning in school and out-of-school contexts.

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    • Feb. 7 The Relationship between Context and Thinking/reasoning

  • Reading Assignment:

    Renkl, A., Mandl, H., & Gruber, H. (1996). Inert knowledge: Analyses and remedies.

    Optional Reading:

    Brown, A., Bransford, J., Ferrara, R., & Campione, J. (1983). Learning, remembering, and understanding.

    Project proposal Due

    Human Subjects form due (doctoral students)

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    • Feb. 14 The Relationship between Context and Thinking/reasoning

  • Reading Assignment:

    Spiro, R. (1991). Cognitive flexibility, constructivism, and hypertext: Random access instruction for advanced knolwedge acquisition in ill-structured domains.

    Optional Reading:

    Sternberg, R., & Frensch, P. (1993). Mechanisms of transfer.

    Reflection 1 due

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    • Feb. 21 Thinking and Reasoning in Science (conceptual change & scientific reasoning)

    Reading Assignment:

    Kuhn, D. (1989). Children and adults as intuitive scientists.

    Posner, G. J., Strike, K. A., Hewson, P. W., & Gertzog, W. A. (1982). Accommodation of a scientific conception: Toward a theory of conceptual change.

    Optional Reading:

    Schauble, L., Klopfer, L., & Raghavan, K. (1991). Students' transition from an engineering model to a science model of experimentation.

    Feb. 28 Thinking and Reasoning in Math (constructivism)

  • Reading Assignment:

    Ball, D. L. (1992). Halves, pieces, and twoths: Constructing and using representational contexts in teaching fractions.

    Optional Reading:

    Schoenfeld, A. H. (1992). Learning to think mathematically: Problem solving, metacognition, and sense making in mathematics.

    • Mar. 7 Thinking and Reasoning in Literacy (metacognition)

  • Reading Assignment:

    Palincsar, A. S., & Brown, A. L. (1984). Reciprocal teaching of comprehension-fostering and comprehension-monitoring activities.

    Optional Reading:

    Bereiter, C., & Scardamalia, M. (1987). The psychology of written composition. (chapter 1: Two models of composing processes).

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    • Mar. 14 No class (Spring Break)

    Mar. 21 Thinking and Reasoning with/through Technology I

  • Reading Assignment:

    Norman, D. A. (1993). Things that make us smart: Defending human attributes in the age of the machine. (chapter 3: The power of representation).

    Optional Reading:

    Salomon, G. (1993). On the nature of pedagogic computer tools: The case of the Writing Partner.

    Reflection 2 due

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    • Mar. 28 Individual Conferences to Discuss Projects

    Apr. 4 Thinking and Reasoning with/through Technology II

  • Reading Assignment:

    Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1994). Computer support for knowledge-building communities.

    Review Spiro et al article.

    Optional Reading:

    Salomon, G. (1993). On the nature of pedagogic computer tools: The case of the Writing Partner.

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    • Apr. 11 No class (AERA)

    Apr. 18 Motivation

  • Reading Assignment: TBA

    Reflection 3 Due

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    • Apr. 25 Higher Education/Adult Learners

  • Reading Assignment: TBA
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    • Projects due

    May 2 Presentations

    May 9 Final (presentations)

    (7:30-9:30)

  • Conference proposals due (doctoral students only)
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    • *The information in this syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.

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