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Schedule

Reminder of due dates:

  • There is always something due on Wednesdays!
  • The unit comprehension check quizzes are due by 9 a.m. ET Wednesday of Week 2 of the unit.
  • The group response and individual assessment quizzes are due by 9 a.m. ET Wednesday of Week 1 of the following unit.
Getting Started
Getting Started and Definition of Learning, Part 1

Readings:
  • Course Syllabus
  • Online course materials for getting started

Activities:
  1. Explore the course website to locate everything
  2. Complete the Student Interest and Work Style Survey
  3. Complete Definition of Learning, Part 1 assignment
  4. Introduce yourself in the Introductions discussion forum
Unit 1
Unit 1, Week 1
Week 1: Instructional Activity Behaviorism

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 3 pp. 78–123
  • Schunk: Chapter 10 pp. 416–423
  • Online course materials for Unit 1

Activities:
  1. Unit 1 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 1, Week 2
 Week 2: Application/Synthesis Behaviorism

Readings:
  • none

Activities:
  1. Group Discussion Participation
  2. Group Discussion Response
  3. Unit 1 Individual Assessment Quiz
Unit 2
Unit 2, Week 1
Week 1: Instructional Activity Social Cognitive Theory

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 4, pp. 124–167
  • Schunk: Chapter 10, pp. 423–432
  • Online course materials for Unit 2

Activities:
  1. Unit 2 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 2, Week 2
Week 2: Application/Synthesis Social Cognitive Theory

Readings:
  • none

Activities:
  1. Group Discussion
  2. Group Response
  3. Unit 2 Individual Assessment Quiz
Unit 3
Unit 3, Week 1
Week 1: Instructional Activity Constructivism and Sociocultural Theory

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 8, pp. 312–359
  • Schunk: Chapter 10, pp. 444–448
  • Online course materials for Unit 3

Activities:
  1. Unit 3 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 3, Week 2
Week 2: Application/Synthesis Constructivism and Sociocultural Theory

Readings:
  • none

Activities:
  1. Group discussion participation
  2. Group discussion response
  3. Unit 3 Individual Assessment Quiz
Unit 4
Unit 4, Week 1

Week 1: Instructional Activity

Information Processing Theory

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 5, pp. 168–194
  • Online course materials for Unit 4

Activities:
  1. Unit 4 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 5
Unit 5, Week 1

Week 1: Instructional Activity

Knowledge

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 5, pp. 195–215
  • Schunk: Chapter 6, pp. 216–237, 244-251 (Note that the section on Transfer, pp. 237–244 will be read in Unit 6.)
  • Online course materials for Unit 5

Activities:
  1. Unit 5 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 5, Week 2

Week 2: Application/Synthesis

Knowledge

Readings:
  • none

Activities:
  1. Group discussion participation
  2. Group discussion response
  3. Unit 5 Individual Assessment Quiz
Unit 6
Week 1

Week 1:  Instructional Activity

Strategies and Metacognition

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 7,  pp. 254–267
  • Schunk: Chapter 7, pp. 292–311
  • Schunk: Chapter 10,  pp. 432–444
  • Schunk: Chapter 6,  pp. 237–244 (transfer)
  • Online course materials for Unit 6

Activities:
  1. Unit 6 Comprehension Check Quiz
Unit 6, Week 2
Week 2: Application/Synthesis Strategies and Metacognition

Readings:
  • none

Activities:
  1. Group discussion participation
  2. Group discussion response
  3. Unit 6 Individual Assessment Quiz
Unit 7
Unit 7, A
Week 1: Instructional Activity Motivation

Readings:
  • Schunk: Chapter 9, pp. 371–415 (skip pp. 360–370)
  • Online course materials for Unit 7

Activities:
  1. Unit 7 Comprehension Check Quiz
  2. Complete Definition of Learning, Part 2 assignment

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