Additional Material
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Administrative Material
EPHE 245 Exam One Two Grading Rubric
EPHE 245 Final Exam Grading Rubric
Sample Long Answer (NOTE: This is not for one of your three questions, this is for a question from a previous year. However, examine the QUANTITY, the use of diagrams and examples, and importantly how research was integrated into the answer).
Lecture 0.0 Introduction
Paper: Vint, 2010
Watch: The Real Reason for Brains
Learning in the News: The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom
For Humour: How Not to Email a Professor
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
Lesson 1.1.1 Repetition and Expertise
Paper: Ericcson, Krampe, and Tesch-Roemer, 1993
Paper: Deliberate Practice in Sport
Opinion: The Problem with Repetition
Video: Michael Jordan on Expertise
Lesson 1.1.2 Feedback
Paper: The Benefits of a Reduced Feedback Schedule (Winstein & Schmidt 1990)
Video: The Stages of Motor Learning
Paper: Using Feedback to Enhance Learning
Paper: Inside the Brain of an Elite Athlete
TED Talk: The Importance of Feedback for Learning
Lesson 2.1.1 Human Memory
Webpage: Explicit and Implicit Memories
Webpage: Human Memory
Research Paper: Procedural Memory Consolidation
Research Paper: Sleep and Motor Memory
Lesson 2.1.2 Motor Programs
Paper: Current Status of Motor Programs (Summers and Anson, 2009)
Website: The Schwartz Laboratory
Book: Motor Program Theory
Video: GMP Theory
Research Article: Generalized Motor Programs
Lesson 3.1.1 Massed Practice and Distributed Practice
Paper: The Benefits of Distributed Practice (Baddeley and Longman, 1978)
Paper: Review of Massed and Distributed Practice (Murray and Udermann, 2003)
Sport Canada: Guide for the Use of Massed and Distributed Practice
Video: Why Distributed Practice Works
Article: Practice Scheduling and Surgery
Lesson 3.1.2 Blocked Practice and Random Practice
Paper: The Use of Random Practice in Baseball (Hall et al., 1994)
Website: Benefits of Random Practice
Website: Contextual Interference and Random Practice
Video: Blocked versus Random Practice
Website: Blocked versus Random Practice
Article: A Critique on RP and KR
Article: Neural Correlates of Contextual Interference
INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL
Lesson 1.2.1 Hebbian Learning
Website: Introduction to Hebb's Law
The Man: Donald Hebb
Article: Hebbian Learning
Article: Lucas et al. 2015
Video: Synaptic Plasticity
Lesson 1.2.2 Reinforcement Learning, Observational Learning, Supervised Learning
Reinforcement Learning Example: Robot Learns to Flip Pancakes
Learning Styles: Examples of Different Learning Styles
Research Paper: Prediction Errors in the Human Brain Garrison et al. 2013
Website: Observational Learning
Video: Thorndike's Law of Effect
Research Article: Prediction Errors
Lesson 2.1.2 Schema Theory and Sleep
Website: Schema Theory
Website: The Walker Sleep Laboratory
Paper: Walker et al. 2002, Sleep and Motor Skill Learning
Paper: Walker et al. 2003, Sleep and the Time Course of Motor Learning
Lesson 2.2.2 Motor Primitives and Mirror Neurons
Website: Motor Primitives in Robotics
Research Paper: Motor Primitives
YouTube: Mirror Neurons
Research Paper: Mirror Neurons
Research Paper: Mirror Neuron Review Paper
VIdeo: The Benefits of Sleep
Lesson 3.2.1 Variable Practice
Video: Variable Practice and Practice Specificity
Research Article: Variable Practice and Tennis
Research Article: Why Variable Practice Works
Website: Schema Theory and Motor Programs
Website: More on Schema Theory
Lesson 3.2.2 Part versus Whole Practice
Research Article: Hansen et al. 2005
Book Chapter: Part versus Whole Practice
Research Article: Park 2002
Website: When to Use Part and Whole Practice
Video: Types of Practice
ADVANCED MATERIAL
Lesson 1.3.1 The Neural Basis of Hebbian Learning
Video: LTP
Website: LTP
Video: LTP
Article: Hebbian Learning and Decision Making
Article: Hebbian Learning and Development
Lesson 1.3.2 The Neural Basis of Reinforcement Learning
Article: Neural Coding of Prediction Errors
Article: Dopamine and RL
Video: Dopamine and Reward
Article: Schultz, Dayan, and Montague 1997
Article: Synaptic Degradation
Article: Understanding Dopamine and Prediction Errors
Article: Review of Prediction Error Findings
Website: Mouse Party - How Drugs Mess With Your Reward System
Article: Dopamine, Aging, and Prediction Errors
Lesson 2.3.1 The Neural Basis of Motor Skills
Website: Neuroanatomy of the Motor System
Research Article: Hirosaka 2002
Video: The Basal Ganglia and Movement
Lesson 2.3.2 Forward and Inverse Models
Research Paper: Forward and Inverse Models
Research Article: Wolpert Internal Models
Research Article: Desmurget 2000
Research Article: Forward and Inverse Models
Lesson 3.3.1 Specificity of Practice
Paper: Specificity of Practice (Krigolson & Tremblay, 2009)
Research Article: Specificity of Practice
Lesson 3.3.2 Mental Imagery
Research Article: Mental Imagery and Motor Learning
Research Article: Wei 2010
Article: The Power of Mental Imagery
Video: Mental Imagery
EPHE 245 Exam One Two Grading Rubric
EPHE 245 Final Exam Grading Rubric
Sample Long Answer (NOTE: This is not for one of your three questions, this is for a question from a previous year. However, examine the QUANTITY, the use of diagrams and examples, and importantly how research was integrated into the answer).
Lecture 0.0 Introduction
Paper: Vint, 2010
Watch: The Real Reason for Brains
Learning in the News: The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom
For Humour: How Not to Email a Professor
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
Lesson 1.1.1 Repetition and Expertise
Paper: Ericcson, Krampe, and Tesch-Roemer, 1993
Paper: Deliberate Practice in Sport
Opinion: The Problem with Repetition
Video: Michael Jordan on Expertise
Lesson 1.1.2 Feedback
Paper: The Benefits of a Reduced Feedback Schedule (Winstein & Schmidt 1990)
Video: The Stages of Motor Learning
Paper: Using Feedback to Enhance Learning
Paper: Inside the Brain of an Elite Athlete
TED Talk: The Importance of Feedback for Learning
Lesson 2.1.1 Human Memory
Webpage: Explicit and Implicit Memories
Webpage: Human Memory
Research Paper: Procedural Memory Consolidation
Research Paper: Sleep and Motor Memory
Lesson 2.1.2 Motor Programs
Paper: Current Status of Motor Programs (Summers and Anson, 2009)
Website: The Schwartz Laboratory
Book: Motor Program Theory
Video: GMP Theory
Research Article: Generalized Motor Programs
Lesson 3.1.1 Massed Practice and Distributed Practice
Paper: The Benefits of Distributed Practice (Baddeley and Longman, 1978)
Paper: Review of Massed and Distributed Practice (Murray and Udermann, 2003)
Sport Canada: Guide for the Use of Massed and Distributed Practice
Video: Why Distributed Practice Works
Article: Practice Scheduling and Surgery
Lesson 3.1.2 Blocked Practice and Random Practice
Paper: The Use of Random Practice in Baseball (Hall et al., 1994)
Website: Benefits of Random Practice
Website: Contextual Interference and Random Practice
Video: Blocked versus Random Practice
Website: Blocked versus Random Practice
Article: A Critique on RP and KR
Article: Neural Correlates of Contextual Interference
INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL
Lesson 1.2.1 Hebbian Learning
Website: Introduction to Hebb's Law
The Man: Donald Hebb
Article: Hebbian Learning
Article: Lucas et al. 2015
Video: Synaptic Plasticity
Lesson 1.2.2 Reinforcement Learning, Observational Learning, Supervised Learning
Reinforcement Learning Example: Robot Learns to Flip Pancakes
Learning Styles: Examples of Different Learning Styles
Research Paper: Prediction Errors in the Human Brain Garrison et al. 2013
Website: Observational Learning
Video: Thorndike's Law of Effect
Research Article: Prediction Errors
Lesson 2.1.2 Schema Theory and Sleep
Website: Schema Theory
Website: The Walker Sleep Laboratory
Paper: Walker et al. 2002, Sleep and Motor Skill Learning
Paper: Walker et al. 2003, Sleep and the Time Course of Motor Learning
Lesson 2.2.2 Motor Primitives and Mirror Neurons
Website: Motor Primitives in Robotics
Research Paper: Motor Primitives
YouTube: Mirror Neurons
Research Paper: Mirror Neurons
Research Paper: Mirror Neuron Review Paper
VIdeo: The Benefits of Sleep
Lesson 3.2.1 Variable Practice
Video: Variable Practice and Practice Specificity
Research Article: Variable Practice and Tennis
Research Article: Why Variable Practice Works
Website: Schema Theory and Motor Programs
Website: More on Schema Theory
Lesson 3.2.2 Part versus Whole Practice
Research Article: Hansen et al. 2005
Book Chapter: Part versus Whole Practice
Research Article: Park 2002
Website: When to Use Part and Whole Practice
Video: Types of Practice
ADVANCED MATERIAL
Lesson 1.3.1 The Neural Basis of Hebbian Learning
Video: LTP
Website: LTP
Video: LTP
Article: Hebbian Learning and Decision Making
Article: Hebbian Learning and Development
Lesson 1.3.2 The Neural Basis of Reinforcement Learning
Article: Neural Coding of Prediction Errors
Article: Dopamine and RL
Video: Dopamine and Reward
Article: Schultz, Dayan, and Montague 1997
Article: Synaptic Degradation
Article: Understanding Dopamine and Prediction Errors
Article: Review of Prediction Error Findings
Website: Mouse Party - How Drugs Mess With Your Reward System
Article: Dopamine, Aging, and Prediction Errors
Lesson 2.3.1 The Neural Basis of Motor Skills
Website: Neuroanatomy of the Motor System
Research Article: Hirosaka 2002
Video: The Basal Ganglia and Movement
Lesson 2.3.2 Forward and Inverse Models
Research Paper: Forward and Inverse Models
Research Article: Wolpert Internal Models
Research Article: Desmurget 2000
Research Article: Forward and Inverse Models
Lesson 3.3.1 Specificity of Practice
Paper: Specificity of Practice (Krigolson & Tremblay, 2009)
Research Article: Specificity of Practice
Lesson 3.3.2 Mental Imagery
Research Article: Mental Imagery and Motor Learning
Research Article: Wei 2010
Article: The Power of Mental Imagery
Video: Mental Imagery