Courses
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EDUC 6100
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Research Methodology 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Introduces the principal methodologies used in research in education. Presents basic information about the purposes of research, the scientific method, and basic qualitative and quantitative research. Identifies methods for locating, reading, interpreting and using research reports and in applying measurement issues and research methods to classroom problems. Investigates teacher research practices and ways it can be used to study teaching and teacher education. |
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EDUC 6110
(Active)
Applied Statistics for Education 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Introduces elementary statistics in educational settings and includes descriptive statistics, sampling, central tendency, and inferential methods. Emphasizes reading, understanding and evaluating statistics in research reports. |
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EDUC 6200
(Active)
Masters Project 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Provides working knowledge of action research methods in the public schools. Sets the standards for the professional M.Ed. action research-based project. Utilizes APA guidelines. Establishes techniques and strategies for successful project completion. |
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EDUC 6300
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Curriculum Design 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Provides a foundation in curriculum theory and practice. Introduces instructional design theories principles and models. Outlines the historical development, current processes and practices of curriculum development, instructional design, implementation, and assessment. Investigates research and theory about educational contexts, motivation, curriculum, learning, and development as they relate to models of instruction. Examines applications and processes of curriculum decision making and the impact of national standards for content areas to curriculum design and development in classroom and district settings. |
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EDUC 6310
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Program Assessment 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Examines theoretical and practical concepts that are foundational in educational evaluation and assessment. Explains learning assessments. Focuses on assessment instruments, assessment design, appropriate use of assessment techniques and the data derived from assessments to understand student progress and instructional design to promote student learning. |
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EDUC 6320
(Active)
Instructional Models I 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Focuses on instructional design and delivery. Introduces a range of instructional models, most emphasizing cognition and the processing of information. Focuses on planning and implementing instruction using several selected models. |
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EDUC 6330
(Active)
Instructional Models II 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean and EDUC 6320 Builds on content from Models I course. Provides a more in-depth understanding of instructional design and delivery. Focuses on planning and implementing instruction using several selected instructional models. |
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EDUC 6340
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English as a Second Language Methods 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Prepares teachers to teach English as a second language in U.S. public schools. Includes both theoretical and applied aspects of second language learning and teaching. Provides general and special educators and second language specialists techniques, activities, strategies and resources to plan instruction for English language learners (ELLs). Emphasizes oral language development, literacy and content-area instruction for teaching K-12 students. |
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EDUC 6350
(Active)
Theories of Second Language Acquisition 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Describes the variables that interact in the second language learning process, including linguistic, cognitive, social, cultural, and political factors. Examines learning a second language as both an individual and social experience. Examines the linguistic, cognitive, psychological, and emotional elements of learning a second language. Identifies the interactions between the individual and the contexts in which s/he interacts and then attempts to understand how they work together to foster or inhibit successful second language learning and acquisition. |
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EDUC 6360
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Multicultural Education 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Identifies the connections between language, culture, and identity. Examines multicultural education through a focus on the historical, sociological, and philosophical foundations of education. Emphasizes the role of ethnicity in the development of the United States and its education system. Outlines multicultural /multilingual curricula with a special focus on culturally/ linguistically-responsive instruction and assessment techniques. |
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EDUC 6370
(Active)
Assessment in English as a Second Language Learners 3.0 : 2.0 : 3.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Examines theory, methods, and practice in the testing of bilingual students at both the classroom level and the large-scale level in the context of school accountability. Focuses on assessment of language proficiency in English language learners (ELL) and the assessment of academic achievement of bilingual students in specific content areas. Develops and reviews tasks (test items), response formats, scoring systems, and test administration procedures as critical to attaining validity and fairness. Examines testing major current testing policies for linguistic minority students. Practicum required. |
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EDUC 6380
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Literacy and Linguistics in English as a Second Language 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Focuses on how teachers can best meet the literacy and language needs of students from a variety of cultural, socioeconomic and language groups. Explores frameworks for providing high-quality literacy instruction to all students. Analyzes classrooms and schools that have been successful in accomplishing this. Examines ethnic identities and personal conceptions of diversity, and how these may impact instructional decisions. Analyzes students and families represented in their classrooms. Discusses ways to build bridges between home and school cultures. |
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EDUC 6390
(Active)
Family and Community Involvement 3.0 : 2.0 : 3.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor Provides strategies for facilitating community participation in the education of minorities. Examines the role of the teacher in the classroom and community with the intention of developing insight and understanding of how the teacher's role in these areas impacts the adjustment of adolescents during grades 7-12. Considers models and methods for facilitating positive relationships. Studies the techniques of family-school collaboration as well as constructive methods of evaluation. Practicum required. |
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EDUC 6400
(Active)
Transformational Leadership 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Introduces students to critical concepts about transformational leadership. Provides awareness of how leadership skills and task importance motivates people; focuses on the team or organization strategies that produce increased productivity and better work for colleagues and students. Introduces knowledge about and the application of learning and cognition theories, motivation theories, leadership for diverse learners, and best practices in literacy and numeracy. |
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EDUC 6410
(Active)
Contemporary Issues 3.0 : 3.0 : 0.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean Presents contemporary theories of learning and teaching from personal and public perspectives and how those theories converge with professional practice in classrooms and schools. Provides a study of the philosophical foundations of curriculum and instruction in American schools, the social and cultural conditions that influence education, and new concepts in education curriculum materials, and methods of instruction. |
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EDUC 6910
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Project I 1.0 : 0.0 : 3.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean and completion of EDUC 6200 Provides instruction regarding writing a formal classroom-based research project proposal to present to the School of Education Graduate Board. Obtain human subject clearance. Course will be graded credit/no credit. |
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EDUC 6920
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Project II 1.0 : 0.0 : 3.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean and completion of EDUC 6910 Provides support regarding Implementation of the classroom-based applied research project. Course will be graded credit/no credit. |
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EDUC 693R
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Project III 1.0 : 0.0 : 3.0 Prerequisite(s):Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean and completion of EDUC 6920 Provides support regarding completion of a classroom-based applied research project and acceptance of the classroom-based applied project by the School of Education graduate Board. Course will be graded credit/no credit. Repeatable with department approval. |
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