| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings (to be done BEFORE class) |
Due Dates |
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1 |
Jan 18 |
Course Policies and Introduction | ||
| Jan 20 | Solvers and Listeners | Whimbey: Chapter III | ||
|
2 |
Jan 25 | Inductive and Propositional Logic |
Whimbey: Chapter II Houston: Sections 1 - 5 |
Jan 24: OOC 1 |
| Jan 27 | In-class Exercise 1 | Houston: Sections 6 - 9 |
Jan 30: MW 1
Jan 31: formal writeup for ICE 1 |
|
| 3 | Feb 1 | Natural Language Issues |
Whimbey: Chapter V Houston: Sections 10 & 11 |
|
|
Feb 3 |
Multitasking In-class Mini 1 |
See last slide in notes for readings |
Feb 6: MW 2 Feb 7: OOC 2 |
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|
4 |
Feb 8 |
Characteristics of a
Problem-solver In-class Mini 2 |
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| Feb 10 |
Feb 13: MW 3 Feb 14: OOC 3 |
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|
5 |
Feb 15 |
Algorithms Level 1 pseudo-Language |
Note: both sets of notes were revised on March 29 | |
|
Feb 17 |
In-class Exercise 2 | |||
| 6 | Feb 22 |
Verbal Reasoning Problems Externalization |
Whimbey: Chapter IV | Feb 22: OOC 4 |
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Feb 24 |
Presentations for In-class Exercise 2 | Feb 27: MW 4 | ||
|
7 |
Mar 1 | Verbal Analogies | Whimbey: Chapter VI, VII, VIII | Mar 1: OOC 5 |
| Mar 3 | Midterm Test | Keys: 1st form 2nd form | ||
|
Spring Break |
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|
8 |
Mar 15 | Non-verbal Analogies | ||
| Mar 17 |
Mathematical Aside Problems |
Houston: Chapters 27, 28, first two sections of 29 | Mar 21: OOC 6 | |
|
9 |
Mar 22 | Problems continued... | ||
| Mar 24 | In-class Exercise 3 | Mar 28: OOC 7 | ||
|
10 |
Mar 29 |
ICE 3 Presentations I Some Heuristics |
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| Mar 31 |
ICE 3 Presentations II Heuristics Continued |
April 1: formal writeup for ICE 3 April 4: OOC 8 |
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|
11 |
Apr 5 | Regular Expressions |
Getting ready for
regular expressions Setting up Cygwin Windows command shell |
|
|
Apr 7 |
More Regular Expressions | April 11: OOC 9 | ||
| 12 | Apr 12 |
Reading Comprehension ICE 4 Problem Analysis |
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| Apr 14 | Programming as Problem Solving | |||
|
13 |
Apr 19 |
ICE 4 Presentations Proofs |
April 20: formal writeup for ICE 4 | |
| Apr 21 | ICE 5 Problem Analysis | |||
|
14 |
Apr 26 | ICE 5 Analysis Continues | ||
| Apr 28 | ICE 5 Presentations | April 29: OOC 10 | ||
| 15 | May 3 |
post-WASI Summary and Evaluations |
May 2: formal writeup for ICE 5 | |
| May 11 | Final Exam: 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Saturday May 7 in Smythe 146 | |||