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Human Thinking and Problem Solving
Instructor: Krista DeLeeuw
Teaching Assistant: Cheryl Johnson
 This course requires an enrollment key
This course will take a close look at the more complex side of cognition, including the nature of thought, reasoning, problem solving, and artificial intelligence. The course is structured around competing theories, which we will discuss in terms of empirical research.

Meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday mornings
9:30-10:35

Required text:
Sternberg, R. J, & Ben-Zeev, T. (2001). Complex Cognition: The Psychology of Human Thought. New York: Oxford University Press.

Educational Psychology
Instructor: Richard Mayer
webmaster: Monica Bulger
webmaster: Andy Stull
TA: Krista DeLeeuw
 		An introduction to the research and theory of how instruction affects student learning.

Required text: Mayer, R. E. (2003). Learning and instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays 11-12:15 in NH 1006.