| Weekend Prep |
Mon Lecture | Tue Prep | Wed Lecture | Thu Prep | Fri Sections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | Course overview, syllabus, intro to MODULE 1: "Logic and Mental Models" | Mod1 Pretest | Aug 31 | Basic logic concepts;
The Wason Task (group activities) |
Wason site (study the Wason card selection activities as well as the other selection and social contract problems) | Sep 02 | Survey study activities (see oncourse for worksheet) | |
| Wason activities tested on friends outside of class. | Sep 05 | Pooling of study results; intro to symbolic logic | Review basic logic concepts: e.g. Ex 1.1 at logic quizmaster or Exercises 1.1C and 1.3A at poweroflogic | Sep 07 | Intro to mental models | read Johnson-Laird;Study Questions | Sep 09 | Worksheet due; Reading J-L |
| re-read Johnson-Laird | Sep 12 | Limitations of models and limitations of symbolic reasoning | (Start Module 2) | Sep 16 | Module 1 Test review | |||
| Study for test | Sep 19 | Module 1 TEST | (Continue Module 2) | |||||