Overview of schedule

(NM = Notebooks of the Mind; EI = Emotional Intelligence; CT = Critical Thinking)

Reading

NM & EI

Chs in CT Midterms,

papers, assignments

Activities
Week 1 NM Part 1 1-4 Epistemology exercise
Week 2 NM Chs 5 & 7 5-7 Practice quiz Form class groups
Week 3 NM Chs 4 & 6

& conclusion

8-9 Short paper 1 due (W) Guest lecture, fiction writer; Peer editing
Week 4 EI Chs 1-3 &

Appendices A-C

10-12 Midterm #1 (W) Form project teams
Week 5 EI Chs 4-6 13-14 Teams: 1-p plan for

Group project (W)

Field trip (first half class)
Week 6 EI Chs 7-10 15-17 Field trip (other half class)
Week 7 EI Chs 11-14 18-19 Short paper 2 due (W)

Teams: Bring 3 copies of your draft instrument (F)

Team meetings
Week 8 EI Chs. 15-16 20-21 Midterm 2 (F) In-class assess (M & W)
Week 9* CT only 22-26 Short paper 3 (W) Peer editing
*No class on Friday*
Week 10 CT only 27-30 Group Project Report (F) Class & group member evaluations


Finals week : Optional final on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1-3 PM, in regular classroom (138 Gilbert)