Very Tentative CS 3114 Calendar and Readings


Week

Date

Topic

Readings

Notes

Due Dates

 

1

 

May 21

Course Policies

Introduction

 

Introduction

 

May 22

How to Succeed

Multitasking

See last slide in notes

How to succeed

Multitasking

 

May 23

Personality Type Classifications

Main Wikipedia article on personality types

Personality Types

 

May 24

Characteristics of a Problem-Solver

 

PS Characteristics

OOC 1

May 25

Solver/Listener Approach

Socratic questioning

 

Solver/Listener

 

 

2

 

May 28

No classes meet

 

 

OOC 2

May 29

In-class Exercise 1

 

 

 

May 30

Inductive Reasoning

Propositional Logic

Houston: Chapters 1-5

 

Induction

Propositional Logic

 

May 31

Propositional Logic continued

Houston: Chapters 6-9

 

 

June 1

Quantifiers in Logic

Houston: Chapters 10-11

Quantifiers

 

 

3

 

June 4

Verbal Reasoning Problems

Externalization

 

Verbal Reasoning

Externalization

ICE 1 Report

June 5

Non-verbal Analogies

Spatial Reasoning

 

Verbal Analogies

Visual Analogies

 

June 6

In-class Exercise 2     OOC 3

June 7

Natural Language Issues   Natural Language  

June 8

Midterm Test      

 

4

 

June 11

Some Heuristics and Problems Levine: Chapters 1 - 3 Some Heuristics  

June 12

ICE 2 Live Presentations      

June 13

More Heuristics Levine: Chapters 6 - 8   ICE 2 Report
June 14 Solving It With Numbers Houston: Chapters 27 - 29 Number Theory  
June 15 In-class Exercise 3     OOC 4

 

5

 

June 18

Recurrences   Recurrence Relations  

June 19

K. T. Analysis   K. T. Analysis  

June 20

K. T. Analysis      

June 21

ICE 3 Live Presentations      

June 22

In-class Exercise 4

   

OOC 5

ICE 3 Report

 

6

 

 

June 25

Probability Michalewicz: 133-150 Intro Discrete Probability  
June 26 Puzzles Michalewicz: 13-54 More on Probability  
June 27 Puzzles Michalewicz: 243-262   OOC 6
June 28 Summary     ICE 4 Report

Exam

08:00 - 10:00 Friday June 29