Advanced Practices for Teaching the STEM Fields at the Elementary and Middle School Levels…

Catalog description

This course focuses on the mathematical and scientific concepts taught in the elementary and middle school, with an emphasis on research on the teaching and learning of mathematics and the theoretical and empirical foundations of the teaching and learning of science. Attention will be given to how students acquire mathematical understandings and to how different groups experience mathematics instruction. Methods for teaching the scientific method, doing laboratory work as inquiry-based learning, and exploring the relationship of science, technology and society will be discussed. Use of technology in teaching discrete areas of science (life, physical, earth) as well as in an integrated science approach will be covered.