Sample Week

Materials including videos, assignments, and readings will be available at the beginning of each week. Below is a suggested guideline for spacing out assignments in order to provide enough time for work, interactions with the instructors, students, and student group, etc. While the rhythm may change depending on the week, students can generally expect to engage with course materials and each other in this way and thus may plan accordingly. Note the purposeful balance between individual and group assignments. Below is a sample from Week 4 of this course:

Week 4: Information Processing Theory
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Learning Objectives Understanding the role of formal, abstract, rule-based thinking plays in cognition
Core Reading(s) Pinker (2009)
Video Lecture Watch IPT video lecture
Discussion Post Post on reading & video by Thurs pm
Peer Response Respond to at least 1 peer by Mon pm
Individual Implementation Read Schwartz, Branford & Sears (2005), engage in activity and submit by Thurs pm
Group Workshop Meet with group, respond to prompt, 1 member submit by Mon pm
Connections Journal Connect Week 4 to Week 3 by Mon pm
Final Paper Continue working towards building final paper outline

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