Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to learning and decision-making in everyday life. Projects in this course piggyback on each student's other coursework or outside interests and so are directly relevant to their personal circumstances. This course gives students the knowledge necessary to make any learning situation easier and more fun. Breadth-Hum/Social Sci/Science.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is the answer to the question “what does science tell us is the most efficient way for humans to learn things”. And also “why do humans often make choices that undermine efficient learning?” It is a practical guide—a reduction of the literature on learning into its most essential ideas. A variety of topics related to learning will be covered, including decision-making , procrastination, memory, and expertise. The focus is always on concrete applications: how to overcome the learning challenges we face in daily life. Students taking this course seriously will emerge with the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to efficiently learn anything they wish to know.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

An Introduction to the study of learning
Introduces the challenges of learning
Solutions based on evidence in the cognitive and educational sciences to address the challenges of learning.

Students will practice questions and be assessed based on the following objectives:
1. learn and understand the terms used in learning with the aid of cue cards
2. Apply quantitative and qualitative reasoning based on principles and concepts taught in the course
3, describe and Interpret graphs and figures in the context of learning
4. Identify, integrate and apply the concepts and principles taught in the course to situations from everyday life

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: