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Knowing and Learning
EDC 371 (08040)
Time:
Tuesday/Thursday 11-12:15 AM
Room: SZB 316
Personal
Information
Dr.
Anthony Petrosino
Assistant Professor
Email: ajpetrosino@mail.utexas.edu
Sanchez Building, Room 462-A Office: 512-232-9681 Fax: 512-471-8640
The
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712
Office
Hours: Tuesday 3-5PM or by appointment
Additional
Requirements: Students must use a word
processor, e-mail and have access to a web browser. If these
requirements
cannot be fulfilled, please see instructor.
Required
Materials:
How
People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (HPL)
John D. Bransford (Editor), Ann L. Brown (Editor), Rodney R. Cocking
(Editor),
Hardcover - 346 pages
ISBN: 0309065577
National Academy Press
Pub Date: 1999
Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/notice.html
Schools
For Thought: A Science of Learning in the Classroom (SFT)
John T. Bruer
ISBN: 0-262-02352-0
MIT Press: Bradford Books
Pub Date: 1993
Description:
This course focuses on issues of what it
means to learn and know science and mathematics. What are the standards
for
knowing we will use? How is knowing and learning structured and how
does what
we know change and develop? For the science and mathematics educator,
what are
the tensions between general, cross-disciplinary characterizations of
knowing
(e.g. intelligence) and the specifics of coming to understand powerful
ideas in
mathematics and science? What are the links between knowing and
developing in
learning theory, and the content and evolution of scientific ideas.
1.
Course Expectations
a)
Prepare for and participate in
class discussion (actual and virtual discussions) and class work.
b)
Completion of 4 mini Clinical
Interviews with an expert/novice paring on a topic (satisfactory
completion of 3 interviews worth 100 points).
c)
Class Attendance: Class
attendance is vital to the success of any course. Regular attendance is
expected with no more than 2 unexcused absences from class for the
semester.
Violation of the attendance policy can result in no credit for the
course.
d)
Three Exams (100 points each)
2.
Grading Policy
To
receive an A:
Satisfactory
completion of Course Expectations a and c and 360 or more points from
Course
Expectations b and d.
To
receive a B:
Satisfactory
completion of Course Expectations a and c, and 320 - 359 points
from Course Expectations b and d.
To
receive a C:
Satisfactory
completion of Course Expectations a and
c and 280 - 319 points from Course Expectations b and d.
To
receive a D:
Satisfactory
completion of Course
Expectations a and c, and 260 - 279 points from
Course
Expectations b and d.
To
receive an F:
Satisfactory
completion of Course Expectations a and c, and 259 or less points from
Course Expectations b and d.
3.
Syllabus
Tuesday
January 20 - Introduction to Course
Thursday
January 22 - A New Theory of Learning
HPL:
pp. 3-27
Tuesday
January 27 - A New Theory of Learning
SFT:
pp.1-18
HPL: 3-27
Thursday
January 29 - The Science of Mind-Tasks and Representations
SFT:
pp. 19-50
The Balance Beam Task
Tuesday
February 3 - The Science of Mind--Tasks and Representations
SFT
pp. 19-50
Thursday
February 5 - Modeling Problem Solving - Hobbits and Orchs
Classroom
Activity (Lab)
Tuesday
February 10 - How Experts Differ From Novices
HPL:
pp.31-50
SFT: pp. 51-79
Thursday
February 12 - How Experts Differ from Novices
HPL:
pp.31-50
SFT: 51-79
Tuesday
February 17 - Learning and Transfer
HPL:pp.51-78
SFT: pp51-79
Thursday
February 19 - The Design of Learning Environments
HPL:
131-154
Tuesday
February 24 - TEST1 (100 points)
Thursday
February 26 - How People Learn: Mathematics Instruction: Making
it Meaningful
Jasper
Activity
Tuesday
March 2 - CLINICAL
INTERVIEW DUE (33 points)
How People Learn: Mathematics Instruction: Making it
Meaningful
SFT:
pp.81-126
Thursday
March 4 - How People Learn: Mathematics Instruction: Making it
Meaningful
SFT:
pp.81-126
HPL: pp.164-172
Tuesday
March 9 - How People Learn: Mathematics Instruction: Making it
Meaningful
SFT:
pp.81-126
HPL: pp.164-172
Thursday
March 11 - Classroom Activity: Modeling Elbows
Tuesday
March 16 - SPRING BREAK
Thursday
March 18 - SPRING BREAK
Tuesday
March 23 - How People Learn: Science Instruction
SFT:
pp.127-171
Thursday
March 25 - How People Learn: Science Instruction
SFT:
pp.127-171
HPL:pp.172-189
Tuesday
March 30 - How People Learn: Science Instruction
SFT:
pp.127-171
HPL:pp.172-189
Thursday
April 1 - TEST 2 (100 points)
Teacher Learning
HPL: 190-205
Tuesday
April 6 - CLINICAL INTERVIEW DUE (33 points)
Teacher Learning
HPL:
190-205
Thursday
April 8 - Rethinking the foundations of Assessment
Tuesday
April 13 - Classroom Activity: HPL Assessment Tool
Thursday
April 15 - Technology to Support Learning
HPL:pp.206-230
Tuesday
April 20 - Technology to Support Learning
HPL:pp.206-230
Thursday
April 22 - Assessment in Practice
Tuesday
April 27 - CLINICAL INTERVIEW DUE (34 points)
Assessment in practice
KWSK 221-260
Thursday
April 29 - Assessment: Formative and Summative
HPL:
pp.233-247
Tuesday
May 1 - Test 3 (100 points)
Academic
Integrity
Policy
on Scholastic Dishonesty: Students who violate
University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary
penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or
dismissal
from The University. Since such dishonesty harms the individual, all
students,
and the integrity of The University, policies on scholastic dishonesty
will be
strictly enforced.
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