Fall 2026

How People Learn

Introduces theories of learning, covering memory, intelligence, cognitive and social aspects, context, and individual differences.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Alina GuhaChaeyeon KimCheney Lin +3 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Fangli Xia, Xuesong Cang: Workload includes weekly homework, three exams, and short to long papers, with exams described as fair and not overly difficult.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
EDPSYCH 301 used by

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 91.6% A/AB (n=107 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=114 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=101 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 91.8% A/AB (n=110 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=113 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=102 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 91.6% A/AB (n=107 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=110 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 91.8% A/AB (n=110 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Fangli Xia and Xuesong Cang describe them as accommodating and straightforward. Xia’s lectures follow slides closely with extra credit, while Cang provides fair grading and in-depth criteria.

AMANDA EVENSTONE is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHAEYEON KIM is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHENEY LIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FANGLI XIA is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GLENIS BENSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

INDRANI DEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSEPH MICHAELIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOYCE HEMPHILL is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIA RUTLEDGE is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KELSEY SCHENCK is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SARAH SULLIVAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SHARON DERRY is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XUESONG CANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YEYU WANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YUANRU TAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction111 / 1208
LEC 003Classroom Instruction112 / 1204
LEC 002Classroom Instruction103 / 1204

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of Fangli Xia, Xuesong Cang: Recent reviews describe the course as straightforward with fair exams and generous extra credit opportunities, though content can occasionally feel dry.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.4% A/AB (n=317 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=337 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=313 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Fangli Xia, Xuesong Cang: Workload includes weekly homework, three exams, and short to long papers, with exams described as fair and not overly difficult.

Historical reviews of Xuesong Cang: Students appreciate the accommodating nature of recent instructors and the clear grading criteria.

Topics

  • Memory, learning, and intelligence
  • Cognitive, social, and affective aspects
  • Contextual influence on learning
  • Psychological tools (language, technology)
  • Individual differences in learning

Skills

  • Understanding theories of learning
  • Analyzing memory, learning, and intelligence
  • Examining cognitive, social, and affective learning aspects
  • Evaluating context and psychological tools in learning
  • Assessing individual differences in learning
  • Applying learning theory practically

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.03 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
EDPSYCH 301 · Fall 2026

How People Learn

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records 
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance 
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