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EPY 8960 - Seminar in Educational Psychology:
Perspectives on Cognition and Social Cognition

Summer Semester, 2004 - Section 2
Marcus Institute

Instructor Art Russell, M.S.
Class Location Marcus Institute, Atlanta, GA
Class Time 5:15PM - 9:00PM

Contents

Syllabus
Class Schedule
Handouts
Study Guides

Syllabus - The syllabus presents my concept for course objectives and requirements. Note - syllabus content is subject to change, although I will attempt to notify class participants whenever a change is made to the syllabus. A copy of the syllabus is available here in Adobe portable document format (PDF). Note - Adobe Acrobat (PDF reader) is available for free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .

Class Schedule

Date
Topic
Notes
25 May First day of class – Introduction
Chapter 13 – Metacognition
Assign Presentation Groups
1 June Chapter 1 ­ Definitions and Perspectives on Learning
Chapter 2 ­ Learning and the Brain
Chapter 7 ­ Social Cognitive Theory
Reflection and Application Paper #1 due
Submit Group Presentation topic
8 June Chapter 8 ­ Antecedents and Assumptions of Cognitivism Reflection and Application Paper #2 due
15 June Chapter 9 - Basic Components of Memory Reflection and Application Paper #3 due
22 June

Mid-point Quiz
Chapter 10 - Long-Term Memory I: Storage

Reflection and Application Paper #4 due
29 June Chapter 11 - Long-Term Memory II: The Nature of Knowledge
Chapter 12 ­ Long-Term Memory III: Retrieval and Forgetting
Reflection and Application Paper #5 due
6 July Chapter 15 ­ Social Processes in Knowledge Construction
Chapter 16 ­ Motivation and Affect
Reflection and Application Paper #6 due
13 July Chapter 15 ­ Social Processes in Knowledge Construction
Chapter 16 ­ Motivation and Affect
Reflection and Application Paper #7 due
20 July Chapter 17 ­ Cognitive Factors in Motivation
Chapter 18 - Attributions
Reflection and Application Paper #8 due
27 July Final Examination Group Presentations

Handouts

Syllabus
Group Presentation Rubric
Individual Evaluation of Group Presentation
How to Identify Research Articles

Study Guides

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18