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Welcome to 501!

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Distributed Cognition

Mon. June 19 - Sun. June 25

Distributed cognition looks at how intelligence is built into the tools around us.

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Discourse

Mon. June 26 - Sun. July 2

Discourse analysis looks at the role that interaction with other people plays in thinking.

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Situated Cognition

Mon. July 3 - Sun. July 9

Situated cognition looks at how thinking is shaped by the context in which we are thinking.

Week 3

Information Processing

Mon. July 10 - Sun. July 16

Information processing theory looks at the role formal, abstract, rule-based thinking plays in cognition.

Week 4

Narrative Intelligence

Mon. July 17 - Sun. July 23

Narrative intelligence looks at the role that stories play in thinking.

Week 5

Expertise

Mon. July 24 - Sun. July 30

Theories of expertise look at the role of prior experiences in thinking.

Week 6

Embodied Cognition

Mon. July 31 - Sun. August 6

Embodied cognition looks at how the body is not just a passive container for some abstract “mind” that does the thinking. Rather, the body is a central part of thinking itself.

Week 7

Hybrid Mind

Mon. August 7 - Sun. August 13

Bringing it all together, this week we'll discuss how the different properties of thinking are linked together and actually evolved together.

Week 8

Study Skills & Learning Styles**

**For students taking EP501 for 4 credits

Examine best practices in the classroom and the effects of two common learning myths.

Week 9