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Getting Started
Week 0 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 Participation
  2. Group Discussion 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
Unit 7, Weeks 2 and 3
Week 2: Application/Synthesis Week Motivation

Readings

  • none

Activities

  • Group Discussion Participation
  • Group Discussion Response
  • Unit 7 Individual Assessment Quiz
Definition of Learning, Part 2
Definition of Learning, Part 2
Definition of Learning, Part 2

Readings

  • none

Activities

  • Complete Definition of Learning, Part 2 assignment.

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