Middle Level Curriculum Instruction and Assessment ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Based on a four-corner framework for quality teaching, Middle Level Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment examines how to set the climate, teach the content, facilitate the interactions and foster reflection in the middle school classroom. Using brain-based instruction as the basis for powerful learning, processes for making data-driven instructional decisions and for designing curriculum to address the standards are at the forefront of this course. In addition, comprehensive treatment is given to three critical instructional strategies: cooperative group instruction, inquiry-based learning, and higher order thinking. Woven throughout the course content are the concepts of diversity, differentiating instruction and assessment of individual learners.