EDUC 628 – Planning for Teachers
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed to develop an understanding of effective instructional planning, both long range and short-range, to improve student achievement and classroom measurement. This course introduces students to designing and using standards-driven assessments using curriculum standards. Both informal and formal test interpretation are covered. Consideration of methods […]
EDUC 621 – Understanding Learning Differences
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course will present the student with contemporary approaches to topics including cognition, cognitive learning, brain functionality, language development, divergent learners, developmental milestones, social development, developmental prerequisites, and educational methodologies required of a contemporary educator. Emphasis will be placed on how, why, and when children learn and develop […]
EDUC 624 – Behavior Management of Studs W/Disa
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course examines research-supported techniques that teachers can use in working with learners who have exceptional learning needs and whose behavior interferes with their success. These students include children and adolescents with problems related to sustaining attention, hyperactivity, pragmatic language skills, aggression, and oppositional defiance. Participants will learn […]
EDUC 530 – Teach Cultur & Linguist Diverse Students
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed to introduce students to concepts and strategies that will prepare them to meet the unique needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in the mainstream classroom. Participants in this course will study second language acquisition and development, models of teaching (including sheltering and […]
EDUC 622 – Assessment of Learning and Behavior
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-621. (Required, Previous or concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course addresses techniques and procedures for systematically observing and evaluating students’ behavior and achievement. It examines the construction and validation of conventional measures (e.g., tests and rating scales), as well as alternative approaches to assessment, such as performance measures, rubrics, and […]
EDUC 555 – Teaching Children of Poverty
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course and its required clinical experiences are designed to provide teacher candidates with in-depth study of issues related to teaching children of poverty. It includes collaborative research activities and the use of existing research evidence in the areas of the culture of poverty; the classroom community; family […]