Science Instruction and Assessment in Inclusive Adolescent Classrooms

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare beginning secondary science teachers on how to plan, implement and assess science instruction for diverse students with a wide range of abilities. Candidates will acquire knowledge of and skills in formal and informal methods of science instruction and assessment to improve students’ science learning. They will demonstrate skill in creative and appropriate uses of technology to enhance students’ science learning in diverse and inclusive classrooms. In addition, candidates will learn how to become reflective practitioner through articulation and preparation of a professional development plan to improve their knowledge, skills and dispositions as well as their students’ science learning.