Spring 2027

Embodied Cognition & Education

An interdisciplinary course exploring embodied, enacted, extended, and embedded cognition theories and their applications to education, learning, and teaching practices.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mitchell Nathan

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate through Thought Papers and class discussion an understanding of theories of cognition and research designs from various perspectives; and assess causal claims.

  • Express in the Thought Papers and Major Paper a developing knowledge of and sensitivity to the influences of culture, environment, and physical abilities on cognitive behaviors.

  • Demonstrate through Thought Papers and class discussion facility with the relevant theories and research methods.

  • Demonstrate in Thought Papers, class discussions, and Major Paper and Paper Presentation the relation among research questions, research designs, and conclusions.

  • Produce a Major Paper and Paper Presentation based on student's independent intellectual work.

  • Communicate one's own thinking and questions as a Discussion Leader and in class discussions, Thought Papers and Major Paper.

  • Produce a research paper and presentation based on student's intellectual contributions, supported by the instructor.

  • Demonstrate ethical conduct and research standards, including proper documentation of outside sources and presentation of one's own ideas in the Major Paper and Paper Presentation.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing

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EDPSYCH 509

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MITCHELL J NATHAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2025. 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

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Embodied, enacted, extended, and embedded cognition theories
  • Interdisciplinary fields including neuroscience, philosophy, robotics, and AI
  • Educational implications for learning, assessment, and teaching

Skills

  • Applying embodied cognition theories to research and design projects
  • Assessing causal claims and understanding research designs
  • Analyzing influences of culture, environment, and physical abilities on cognition

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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EDPSYCH 509 · Spring 2027

Embodied Cognition & Education

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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