Several students will volunteer to lead the class discussion each week. To prepare for this task, two students should meet together at least once in the week leading up to the class. Discussion leaders should be prepared to give a short statement of the core ideas the author was trying to communicate and a sketch of the argument and supporting information. Comment on the strenghts and the faults you perceive. During the symposium, students will present a proposal for applied cognitive science that has been provoked by the combination of the students own interests and the course material.
Students can choose to either give a poster presentation or a stand-up symposium talk.
Starting from you own basic research interests, suggest the characteristics of a successful application. Starting from an innovative desing for a learning context, work backwards to justify why certain features may be expected to be useful given specific theoretical or empirical findings in basic learning and cognitive theory. Transforming schools into communities of thinking and learning about serious matters. A challenge for the design of new knowledge media. Integrating cognitive theory and classroom practice.