Week |
Date |
Topics |
Readings |
Notes |
Due Dates |
1
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Jan 16 |
No classes meet |
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Jan 18 |
Introduction |
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Jan 20 |
How to Succeed Multitasking |
See last slide in notes |
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2
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Jan 23 | WASI | |||
Jan 25 | Personality Type Classifications | Main Wikipedia article on personality types | Personality Types | OOC 1 | |
Jan 27 | Characteristics of a Problem-Solver | PS Characteristics | |||
3
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Jan 30 | Solver/Listener Approach Socratic questioning | Whimbey Ch III | Solver/Listener | OOC 2 |
Feb 1 | In-class Exercise 1 | ||||
Feb 3 |
Inductive Reasoning |
Houston: 1-5 |
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4
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Feb 6 | Propositional Logic | Houston: 6-9 | Propositional Logic | |
Feb 8 | Propositional Logic continued | ICE 1 Report | |||
Feb 10 | Quantifiers in Logic | Houston: 10-11 | Quantifiers | ||
5
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Feb 13 | Natural Language Issues | Natural Language | ||
Feb 15 | Externalization | Externalization | OOC 3 | ||
Feb 17 | In-class Exercise 2 | ||||
6
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Feb 20 | Test 1 solution | |||
Feb 22 | Verbal Reasoning | Whimbey: Ch IV | Verbal Reasoning | ||
Feb 24 | Verbal Analogies | Whimbey: Ch VI | Verbal Analogies | ICE 2 Report | |
7
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Feb 27 | Visual Analogies | Visual Analogies | ||
Feb 29 | Some Heuristics | Heuristics | |||
Mar 2 | ...continuation | ||||
Spring Break |
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8
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Mar 12 |
Algorithms |
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Mar 14 | Divide & Conquer | Divide & Conquer | |||
Mar 16 | In-class Exercise 3 | Levine**: Chapter 1, 2 | |||
9
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Mar 19 | More heuristics, | Levine**: Chapter 3 | Notes | OOC 4 |
Mar 21 | more examples, | Levine**: Chapter 4 | Notes | ||
Mar 23 | Kepner-Tregoe Analytic Techniques, | Levine**: Chapter 9, 10 | Notes | ||
10
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Mar 26 | and more... | Notes | ICE 3 Report | |
Mar 28 | and more. | Notes | |||
Mar 30 | In-class Exercise 4 | ||||
11
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Apr 2 | Wrapup of Analysis Techniques | |||
Apr 4 | More heuristics and problems... | Michaliwicz: Ch 1, 2 | More Problems | ||
Apr 6 | ... and wrapup of those | Michaliwicz: Ch 3 | ICE 4 Report | ||
12
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Apr 9 | Recurrence Relations | |||
Apr 11 | Recurrence Relations | ||||
Apr 13 | Test 2 solution | ||||
13
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Apr 16 |
In-class Exercise 5 |
OOC 5 (April 17) |
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Apr 18 | Special Numbers and Counting | Mathematical Notes | |||
Apr 20 | Probability | Michaliwicz: Ch 7 | |||
14
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Apr 23 | Probability | ICE 5 Report | ||
Apr 25 | Probability and Statistics | Michaliwicz: Ch 8 | OOC 6 | ||
Apr 27 | In-class Exercise 6 | ||||
15
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Apr 30 | ||||
May 2 |
OOC 7 ICE 6 Report |
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Exam |
08:00 section: 4:25 - 6:25 Monday May 7 Pam 31 09:05 section: 4:25 - 6:25 Monday May 7 McB 204 alternate: 7:45 - 9:45 Tuesday May 8 McB 210 |
See the Resources page for a list of references.
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