Revised Syllabus for Freshman Seminar on "Human Knowledge Acquisition"
October 23, 2000

10 / 23 Learning IDEAL, ch. 7
25 Believing in magic BIM, ch. 1
27 Superstitious people BIM, ch. 2


10 / 30 Acquiring superstitions BIM, ch. 3
Thought paper on the nature of superstition
11 / 1 Superstitious thinking BIM, ch. 4
3 Cognitive development BIM, chs. 5, 6

11/ 6 Group project reports on problem-solving
8 Group project reports on problem-solving
10 Promoting critical thinking BIM, ch. 7

11 / 13 Thought paper on supertitious and critical thinking
How people learn: Overview HPL, Exec summary
15 Progress in understanding how people learn HPL, ch. 1
17 What experts learn HPL, ch. 2

11 / 18 - 26 Thanksgiving Holidays

11 / 27 Transfer of learning HPL, ch. 3
29 How children learn HPL, ch. 4
12 / 1 How brains change HPL, ch. 5

12 / 4 Integrative essay on human learning
6 Designing environments for learning HPL, ch. 6
8 Effective teaching HPL, ch. 7

12 / 11 Wrap-up

12 / 18 3:00 p.m. Final Exam ‹ section 13
12 / 19 9:00 a.m. Final Exam ‹ section 12