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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Education-Curriculum and Instruction

  
  • EDCI 49600 - Student Teaching In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 8.00 to 16.00. Full time elementary classroom teaching experiences and a student teaching seminar under the mentorship of the classroom teacher and a University supervisor. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 49800 - Supervised Teaching


    Credit Hours: 8.00 to 16.00. Teaching full time in a school classroom under the supervision of the teacher in charge of the class and a University supervisor. Completion of education methods courses and other Gate requirements for the major area and admittance to teacher education required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 50000 - Foundations Of Literacy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey course in the acquisition of and instruction in reading, writing, and other aspects of language. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 50100 - Problems In Literacy Acquisition: Evaluation And Instruction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines informal and standardized instruments useful for evaluating students who experience difficulties acquiring reading, writing, and other aspects of language. Discusses corrective/remedial instructional strategies appropriate for the classroom and clinic. Supervised practicum. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 50200 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed for teachers and prospective teachers in subject matter areas of the junior and senior high school. Surveys of techniques and objectives of reading instruction in the schools with special attention to the opportunities and obligations to teach reading within content areas. Teaching experience helpful but not required. May be taken as part of the sequence leading to reading specialist or for the junior high school endorsement program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 50600 - Environmental Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Synthesis of philosophies, scientific principles and methods for environmental education programs in forests, camps, and schools. Students conduct and summarize literature research on scientific and educational principles. In interdisciplinary teams, they develop, implement, and evaluate curricula for schools, nature centers, interpretive and outdoor education programs. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 50900 - Writing In Middle And Secondary Schools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on understanding philosophical and theoretical approaches, such as the writing process model, current reading/writing research, and how various approaches fit into existing school curriculum. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 51000 - Colloquium In Science And Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Weekly colloquia on individual research topics of interest to science and mathematics education faculty and graduate students. Colloquia will describe research programs in education. Course will be required of first-year graduate students. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 51100 - Teaching Mathematics In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Historical and current curriculum developments in mathematics education with implications for classroom practice; analysis of instructional strategies; cognitive development; use of research results. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 51200 - Mathematics In The Secondary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Models of mathematics learning, current curriculum trends and practices with emphasis on laboratory and individualized systems; designing instructional materials. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 51300 - Foundations Of Learning Design And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an historical overview of the field and delineates the foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by professionals in the field of educational technology and instructional design. Students explore the field by engaging in collaborative projects, along with thinking and writing about various aspects of educational technology and the underlying instructional design theories. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 51400 - Language Arts In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Research, recent trends, and current developments in the field of language arts and implications for classroom practice in the elementary school. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 51500 - Reading In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Research, recent trends and current developments in the field of reading instruction. Emphasis will be on improving developmental reading in the elementary school programs rather than on surveying remedial programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 51600 - Seminar In Environmental Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The seminar covers current research and literature in environmental education, focusing on teaching children and adults about the environment. Topics vary by semester and student interest. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 51700 - Survey Of Science Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to current issues and research in science education, broadly organized under themes of learning, teaching, and science curriculum. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 51800 - The Nature Of Science In Science Teaching


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores philosophical issues related to the scientific enterprise, such as the production and validation of scientific knowledge; the role of the scientific community; and the influence of gender and culture on doing science. Also examines the implications of these issues for science teaching and learning, as well as for research in science education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 51900 - Teaching Learners Of English As A New Language


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 51900) This course focuses on current issues and techniques in ESL instruction and assessment for students at the beginning or intermediate stages of English language acquisition Pre-K-12. Emphasis is on the design of materials and instruction that foster English language development in the content areas of the curriculum (i.e., Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English or SDAIE). Some familiarity with elementary and/or secondary teaching methods is assumed. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 52600 - Language Study For Educators


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 52900). Covers foundational knowledge in language and linguistics for teachers and educational researchers. Topics include structure and functions of language, language acquisition and development, language diversity, classroom discourse, language and media, and literacy-language arts curriculum. A foundation for work in Literacy and Language Education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 52700 - Science Methods In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The examination of learning theories, instructional methods, and curricular materials appropriate for teaching science concepts and skills in the elementary school setting. Students will apply, evaluate, and reflect upon elementary science teaching methods through class activities and field experience assignments. Acceptance into the Elementary Transition into Teaching (TTT) program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 52800 - Human Performance Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the field of human performance technology (HPT). It examines basic concepts and principles of human performance, the theoretical underpinnings of the field, research and application literature, and various approaches to solving human performance problems. A systematic approach to the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of performance improvement interventions within organizations is emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 53000 - English Language Development


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 53000 ). Focuses on theoretical and practical knowledge for teachers about how second languages are learned, and on the educational and philosophical basis for second language teaching and learning. Links English language development to teaching and learning strategies and is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in education and practicing teachers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 53100 - Learning Theories And Instructional Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course has been designed to help you learn how theories of human learning and motivation can be applied to the instructional process in order to make the process more effective, efficient, and/or appealing. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) the theoretical principles that have contributed to the field of Instructional Design (ID), and 2) how those principles can be applied within practical settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 53200 - STEM Goes Rural Seminar I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of current problems, issues, research, and practice related to the teaching of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects in rural school settings. Permission of Department required. Typyicall offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 53300 - Teaching And Learning Number And Operations.


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for mathematics educators to develop understanding of teaching and learning in the domain of number and operation. Central to this work is the construction of models of learners’ understanding of number and operation and the use of those models to build and select curriculum. While curricular efforts have historically taken as central a formal view of mathematics and its construction, more recently curriculum has been written to engage learners and to build from knowledge of learners’ understanding. In this course we will develop models of learner’s understandings of different facets of number and operation and then use those models and our emerging understanding of curriculum to explore challenges in teaching and learning. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
  
  • EDCI 53400 - Teaching And Learning Geometry And Measurement


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for mathematics educators to develop understanding of teaching and learning in the related domains of geometry and measurement. Central to this work is the construction of models of learners’ understandings of geometry and measurement and the use of models to design instruction. Geometry, as a discipline in school mathematics, has historically and more currently been debated. In this course we will explore research in the teaching and learning of geometry and measurement. A synthesis of select literature will inform our efforts to develop models of learners’ geometric reasoning and understanding of measurement. We will move past the development of models to the design of instruction meant to support understandings of concepts that utilizes technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
  
  • EDCI 53500 - Teaching And Learning Algebra And Functions


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a course for current or prospective mathematics teachers wishing to explore ways of teaching algebra with a focus on addressing concerns related to student performance in algebra and increasing algebraic reasoning skills in the classroom. The course includes experiences with inquiry-based learning by engaging participants in algebra activities from two secondary National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards-based curricula. The course will provide opportunities for participants to collaborate on the development of algebraic thinking in mathematics classrooms and will address pedagogical approaches to students’ learning of algebra. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 53600 - Teaching And Learning Data Analysis And Probability


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide opportunities for the growth of middle school mathematics teachers understanding of data analysis and probability as a means to help analyze and interpret experienced events. The course will address the following: selecting and using appropriate statistical methods to analyze data, developing and evaluating inferences and predictions that are based on data, and understanding and applying the basic concepts of probability. This course will also address pedagogical approaches to students’ learning of data analysis and probability. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
  
  • EDCI 54100 - Contemporary Issues In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Identification, analysis, synthesis, and implications of current issues and problems in career and technical education at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels; policy and literature review; formulation of alternatives and solutions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 54300 - Instruction In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Contemporary trends and methods in teaching career and technical programs, learning styles and teaching styles, and a variety of creative instructional strategies for different educational contexts will be identified and analyzed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 54400 - Career And Technical Education For Special Needs Learners


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Legislative initiatives; identification of special needs learners at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels; learning characteristics; assessment; individualized planning; instructional adaptations; school and community resources; exemplary program models; research, trends, and issues; and evaluation. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • EDCI 54500 - Planning In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and strategies in planning new and improving existing career and technical education programs, strategic planning, needs assessment, community and workforce market research, information and data analysis, program improvement. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 54800 - Teaching Mathematics To Diverse Learners


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for in-service teachers to engage around issues of equity in mathematics education. Equity here is used as a broad construct intended to help us think about how to provide meaningful opportunities to learn for all the students in our mathematics classrooms. The notion of “diverse” here is also taken broadly. All students have special needs, but it is sometimes helpful to think about the needs of particular groups of students while at the same time avoiding reducing differences among students to stereotypes. Issues of diversity here include, but are not limited to race, culture, gender, disabilities, language, SES, and sexual orientation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
  
  • EDCI 54900 - Assessment In Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to help teachers of mathematics recognize the link between productive assessment and productive instruction, using the mathematics education standards for teacher competence in educational assessment. This course is designed to help teachers meet those professional standards and understand the public pressure as well as instructional need for effective formative and summative assessment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 55000 - Career Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of contemporary legislation, educational reform, trends, and issues; career education program models; vocational and technical education, technology prep, and school-to-work systems; partnerships; foundations of career education; career development; curriculum; career guidance and counseling; career assessment; career planning practices; learning styles and instructional strategies; career information sources and resources; exemplary programs; and special needs populations and practices. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 55100 - Young Adult Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a survey of classic and contemporary young adult texts. Students are introduced to the genre through reading notable young adult texts, applying relevant literary criticism, and investigating effective pedagogical strategies. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 55200 - Generalizable Skills Instruction In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Curriculum, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation relating to generalizable skills (also known as generic, transferable, or workplace skills) in career and technical education, other content areas, and special education programs; philosophical, historical, social, economic, political, and educational influencing factors; analysis and synthesis of current research and conceptual models; practical applications for programs; instructional strategies; resources and support services, interdisciplinary collaboration approaches; applications for special needs learners; learning styles and characteristics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 55300 - Leadership Development In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Design, development, implementation, and evaluation of systems and strategies for enhancing the skills and knowledge of personnel seeking to become leaders in the field of Career and Technical Education (CTE); research related to critical and emerging leadership issues, strategies, policies, and resources are examined and applied to program improvement initiatives in schools, the workplace, agencies, and other organizations that serve a wide variety of youth, adolescents, young adults, and adults. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 55400 - Production Of Instructional Materials


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Involves the design, development, and editing of digitally-based materials for use in computer-based learning environments. Includes planning and implementing text, graphics, audio, and video materials for use as communication and learning tools. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 55600 - Educational Video Game Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide an introduction to the design of educational video games. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) the learning, instructional design, and game design theories which can inform the design of effective and engage in educational video games, and 2) how to apply those theories within practical settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 55900 - Academic Language And Content Area Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 59900 ) Course focuses on theoretical and practical knowledge for teachers about how second languages are learned, and on the educational and philosophical basis for second language teaching and learning. The course links English language development to teaching and learning strategies and is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in education and practicing teachers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 56000 - Educational Technology For Teaching And Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Educational/training application of instructional technology, including computers, media, and instructional design. Stresses knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to implement and manage technology in instructional environments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 56400 - Integration And Management Of Computers In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, administrators, trainers, and others who use or intend to use computers in educational settings. This course focuses on techniques for and issues related to integrating computers in educational environments. Topics covered include: popular computer applications, management issues, information and security issues, and designing educational applications for use in educational settings. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • EDCI 56500 - Principles Of Adult Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (YDAE 56500 ) Principles of adult education applied to helping adults learn, evaluating their performance, and determining their needs. Examines history, philosophy, and research of adult education. Explores techniques required in design and delivery of instruction for adults. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 56600 - Educational Applications Of Multimedia


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of educational applications of hypermedia tools and related research. Creation of hypermedia instructional materials. Incorporation of digitized media (sound, photographs, and motion clips) in hypermedia is explored. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 56700 - Action Research In Science Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to various models and conceptions of teacher action research in science education. Students review literature on action research, participate in small research cohorts, and plan and conduct action research within their respective educational situations. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 56800 - Partnering With Web-Based Tools For Learner Centered Environments


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an in-depth look at Web-based digital tools for teaching and learning, with a focus on learner-centered activities and environments. Emphasis is given to applying the knowledge and skills necessary to create a Web-based, student-centered lesson/unit that provides diverse learners with opportunities for formal and informal learning. Course content is applicable to both independent and collaborative learning, as well as use of the Web as the sole educational delivery system or in combination with other approaches, including traditional classroom instruction. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 56900 - Introduction To E-Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines how design and development of instruction are impacted by the use of the computer as delivery system. A primary focus is on effective learning design strategies for computer mediated instruction. Learners will identify and apply effective design with emphasis on project management, planning, and implementation issues. Education or training materials will be developed using appropriate authoring tools as determined by the instructional context. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 57200 - Introduction To Learning Systems Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the principles of designing instructional materials and to instructional communication theory and techniques. Topics include objectives, student characteristics, media selection, communication variables, message design, and systematic evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 57300 - Instructional Development Practicum


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Provides supervised field experience in programs involving instructional design development activities. Students participate in ongoing projects in the design, development, and evaluation of instructional materials and training programs in business and industry, medical facilities, or other settings deemed appropriate. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 57500 - Foundations Of Distance Learning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the field of distance learning/education. Examination of basic concepts and principles of distance learning, the theoretical underpinnings of the field, research and application literature, and distance education delivery technologies. Focus is on integration of distance education technologies for learning and teaching. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 57700 - Strategic Assessment And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores principles and techniques that can be used to carry out evaluations within an organization. In particular, the course examines several aspects of conducting evaluations: planning and designing an evaluation, developing appropriate instruments, using various methods to collect information, analyzing information obtained from those methods, and communicating results and recommendation. This course is designed to help learners understand the multiple ways that evaluation is used in instructional systems, and provide opportunities to design various types of evaluation instruments. Approximately one half of the course is dedicated to the study of learner assessment, and the remaining half of the course is dedicated to the study of program evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 58000 - Foundations Of Curriculum


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the major historical and philosophical sources of curriculum ideas. Significant forces influencing curriculum decision making. Different theoretical approaches to the construction and analysis of curriculum. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 58500 - Multicultural Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course aims to develop understanding of multicultural education as an on-going reform process that addresses social justice issues through an examination of race, class, gender, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, etc. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 58600 - Topics In Educational Reform


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDFA 58600) Explore important and timely issues related to educational reform and restructuring. Topics include: school choice, curriculum reform, assessment, technology, and influences on the reform process. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 58700 - Leadership And Management In Educational Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the fundamentals of leadership and management of educational technology in a K-12 setting. Students will explore and evaluate computer hardware, software, networks, and lab management, including how they fit into education. This course is designed to provide prospectives on organizational leadership of educational technology, as well as providing future teachers with the ability to troubleshoot basic problems often associated with computers and software in the classroom. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 58800 - Motivation And Instructional Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course has been designed to provide an in-depth study of motivation as one of the fundamental variables underlying human learning, behavior, and instructional design. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) theories of motivation and the general principles that have contributed to the field of instructional design, and 2) how those principles are applied within practical design settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 58900 - Special Topics For Teachers


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Consideration of appropriate professional problems of experienced educational personnel in workshops or in-service programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 59000 - Individual Research Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Opportunities for students to study particular problems under the guidance of a member of the This plan of individualized instruction may be used in any field of education or vocational education. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 59100 - Special Topics In Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Group study of a current problem or special topic of interest to professional educational personnel. Intensive study of research, theory, or practical aspects of a particular issue within the usual graduate class format. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 59200 - Elementary Transition To Teaching Seminar And Practicum


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. This is a two-semester course with an additional two-four week summer component. The course is comprised of a seminar portion, taught by the TTT coordinator, with concurrent practicum experiences where students spend approximately 14 hours per week in elementary classrooms (20 during the summer component). During all three practicum experiences, students are supervised by the resident master teacher, the TTT coordinator, and additional University supervisors, if necessary. The focus of the seminar is on reinforcing and extending pedagogical concepts and methodology and teaching basic instructional practices essential for success in the classroom. (Prerequisite: acceptance into the Transition to Teaching program.). Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 59300 - Introductory Secondary Transition To Teaching Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This seminar course offers an introduction to the TTT program, as well as an overview of general educational concerns and issues applicable to all content area instruction at the middle and high school levels. It is often the first course taken in the TTT program by program participants. The course centers on discussions of educational issues, theories, and approaches that the students who are seeking licensure in any of the secondary areas available at Purdue will find helpful. Additionally, the course provides general information about TTT program course sequences, the fee structure, application processes for student teaching placements, and the overriding philosophy of the TTT program at Purdue. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • EDCI 59400 - Concluding Secondary Transition To Teaching Seminar


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This seminar course offers a conclusion to the program, as well as a review of general educational concerns and issues applicable to all content area instruction at the middle and high school levels. It is often the last course taken in the TTT program by program participants. The course centers on discussions of educational issues, theories, and approaches that the students who are seeking licensure in any of the secondary areas available at Purdue will find helpful. Additionally, the course helps students prepare to obtain their teaching license and enter the teaching community as a secondary teacher. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • EDCI 59500 - Advanced Studies In English Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00. Advanced study of an English education topic, issue, problem and/or trend within the instructor’s fields of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60000 - Seminar And Practicum In The Supervision Of Reading Instruction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar and practicum in supervision of reading instruction. Seminar includes theory and practice of reading supervision with emphasis on the role of the reading specialist. Includes field supervision of students in reading courses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60400 - Social Studies In The Elementary School


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Social Studies-content and place in the modern elementary education curriculum. Materials, instruction techniques, evaluation procedures, and understanding the syntax of the structure of social studies. Prerequisite: EDCI 36100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60500 - Teaching Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering And Math


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of historical developments and present trends in science education; the designing, implementation, and evaluation of science programs; the role of research in present and future developments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 60800 - Individualizing Instruction In The Elementary And Secondary Schools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores the foundations underlying individualized instruction, the preparation of individualized instruction materials for the class-room, the role of research in individualized instruction, and the future trends and issues in individualized instruction. Completion of a teacher certification program. Typically offered Summer Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61200 - Seminar In Literacy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Recent trends and research in literacy. Topics provide in-depth study of literacy acquisition in educational settings. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61300 - Seminar In The English Language Arts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 69100 ) Problems in the teaching of English: literature, language, rhetoric. Attention to recent scholarship and to its application in the public schools. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61400 - Literacy And Development Of Young Children


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on literacy development (reading, writing, other aspects of language) in pre-school and elementary age children. An emergent literacy model is contrasted with traditional models and school instruction. Particular experiences and materials that aid literacy acquisition are considered. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61500 - Qualitative Research Methods In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on expanding graduate students’ research skills to include knowledge of the theories and methods associated with qualitative and qualitative-quantitative combined research. Prerequisite: EDPS 53300 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61600 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods In Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on expanding students’ foundation level knowledge of qualitative research in the areas of theories, methods, analysis and interpretation, and presentation. Prerequisite: EDCI 61500 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 61800 - Gender And Culture In Science Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the different perspectives on issues of gender, culture, and science. Major topics include feminist critiques of scientific theories and methods, the work of women and minorities in science, the role science has played in the construction of race and gender, and topics in science education, such as girls’ learning in science and the potential of inclusive practices in the science classroom. Prerequisite: EDCI 51800  or EDCI 58500 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 61900 - Learning Science


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides a holistic study of how children and adults learn science; how the learner’s ideas, ways of thinking, abilities to do science, and their attitudes towards and beliefs about science learning influence how they learn science. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62000 - Seminar In Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Selected topics in mathematics education. Typical topics considered are: (1) problem solving; (2) instructional strategies; (3) cognitive structure; (4) current curriculum; (5) current research. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62200 - Seminar In Science Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Current issues in science education. Typical topics considered are: (1) science curriculum; (2) concept learning; (3) teacher education; (4) intellectual developments; (5) current research. Prerequisite: EDCI 51700 , EDCI 51800 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62300 - Seminar In Genre Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores theoretical and practical implications of genre theory for literacy studies, literary studies, psychology, communication, and education. Course topics include theoretical models of genre in spoken and written language and human activities; genres as tools for perceiving the world, maintaining and challenging social hierarchies, and developing a sense of self; the development of genre knowledge across the life span; and educational applications of genre theory. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 62400 - Seminar In Social Studies Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An investigation of various aspects of the teaching of the social studies. One topic is dealt with in each enrollment. Master’s candidates are expected to complete the first three topics. Areas include: (1) philosophic concepts used in the social studies; (2) curricular analysis and examination of new social studies materials; (3) methods of inquiry in the social studies; (4) research methodology in the social studies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 62700 - Current Topics In Learning Design And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical analysis of problems, trends, issues, and programs related to the area of learning design and technology. Prerequisite: EDCI 51300  . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 62800 - Curriculum And Instruction Doctoral Seminar I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An examination of current issues and concerns related to doctoral study in Curriculum and Instruction. This course is intended for all new doctoral students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and should be taken within the first year of doctoral study. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 63500 - Content And Goals In Mathematics Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines conceptions of what mathematics is and how those conceptions have influenced the mathematics curriculum over the course of American history. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 63600 - The Learning Of Mathematics: Insights And Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines research related to the learning of mathematics and to the relationships of social and cultural factors to the learning of mathematics. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 63700 - The Teaching Of Mathematics: Insights And Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines research related to mathematics teaching, including research on characteristics of mathematics teachers, the features of effective mathematics teaching, and the professional preparation and development of mathematics teachers. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing or higher and enrolled in Mathematics Education. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 63800 - Curriculum And Instruction Doctoral Seminar II


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course consists of an examination of current educational research. EDCI and other faculty will present and lead discussions of their research. Students will be exposed to research within multiple paradigms and perspectives. This course is intended for all new doctoral students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and should be taken within the first year to doctoral study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64400 - Legal Issues In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Comprehensive examination of contemporary federal, state, and local legislation; rules, policy, regulations, provisions, guidelines, and initiatives affecting the nature, establishment, and implementation of state and local programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels in career and technical education; need for legislation and initiatives and the reauthorization of existing legislation; social, political, and economic aspects of legislation; advocacy for legislation; and public policy and policy development. Approval of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64500 - Organization And Administration Of Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Organizational structure and delivery systems at the national, regional, state, and local levels; program areas and services; legislative initiatives; federal, state, and local planning; administrative functions and practices; leadership development; trends; and issues. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64600 - Supervision In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Purposes, principles, strategies, and procedures of supervision and management in career and technical education and related workforce education and development contexts: theory and practice: human resource development: environment, education, and management. Approval of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64700 - Research In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Rationale for and history of research in career and technical education; analysis of the research process and research methods; examination of the environment and support required for research; proposal development, and strategies for dissemination and utilization of research. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • EDCI 64800 - Curriculum In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of curriculum in career and technical education programs; business and industry training programs; curriculum planning, development, implementation, and evaluation; review and analysis of curriculum models. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 64900 - Assessment In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Goals and rationale for evaluation in education and work training contexts; assessment and measurement methods, techniques, and procedures; reliability, validity, and accuracy; construction and selection of instruments; data and information collection, analysis, and interpretation; meta evaluation; adaptations and modifications for special needs populations; and using assessment data and information. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 65000 - Program Evaluation In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Goals and objectives of, and criteria for, program evaluation in career and technical education; evaluation models and methods; design and planning; issues; development and selection of instruments and procedures; data and information collection and analysis; preparing program evaluation reports; and using program evaluation results for program improvement. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 65200 - Seminar In Family And Consumer Sciences Education


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 6.00. A critical analysis of current problems, trends, issues, and programs in family and consumer sciences education. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Education or equivalent professional training. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 65300 - Seminar In Career And Technical Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 9.00. Current trends, theory, and practices related to educational contexts and careers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 66000 - Learning Design And Technology Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Investigation of trends, developments, and issues in educational technology. Focus is on current practices, problems, and research. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 66300 - Interactive Multimedia


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines computer-based interactive multimedia theory, research, design, development, and evaluation. Includes a digital audio-video production and design of interactive multimedia for stand-alone or online delivery. Prerequisite: EDCI 56100, EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67000 - Learning Design And Technology Integrated Project


    Credit Hours: 1.00 or 2.00. Current issues and problems in educational technology. Projects in current practice and research selected and pursued. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • EDCI 67200 - Advanced Practices In Learning Systems Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of learning systems design to educational situations. In-depth treatment of learner analysis, task analysis, learning activities design, learner verification and summative evaluation. Focuses on the application of instructional design concepts and principles within authentic ID situations. Prerequisite: EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67300 - Issues And Methods In Learning Systems Design Research


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides preparation to conduct independent research in the field of educational technology through direct participation in the research process: critically reviewing research, designing and conducting a research study, synthesizing and presenting results in written and oral formats. Prerequisite: EDPS 53300 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • EDCI 67400 - Advanced Instructional Design Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the impact of both psychological learning theories and instructional applications upon the development of various instructional design theories. Emphasis is on theory construction, influence of learning and educational principles, and the current and future possibilities of instructional design theory. Prerequisite: EDCI 53100  and EDCI 57200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • EDCI 67500 - Instructional Strategies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines and applies the cognitive strategies and tactics that can be used by an instructional designer to improve human learning. Applications of chunking, frames, concept mapping, advance organizers, analogies, rehearsal, and imagery tactics to learning will be covered. Implementation and evaluation procedures for those strategies within intellectual skills, verbal information, psychomotor, and attitude domains of learning will be studied and applied. Prerequisite: EDCI 57200 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
 

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