Module 2 Instructor Notes#
Teaching Goal#
Students should understand search as a general framework for intelligence, not just a technical trick for toy problems.
Misconceptions to Watch For#
assuming search is irrelevant in the era of machine learning
treating heuristics as arbitrary guesses rather than structured estimates
overlooking the importance of representation
Facilitation Notes#
Use a map, a game, and a scheduling example to show transfer across domains.
Ask students what gets lost when a problem representation is oversimplified.
Connect search to planning and optimization before later machine learning modules appear.