EDUC6060-B Curr Design/Assessment (Fall 2013)
Course Details
Students seeking Teacher Certification must also register for section "B" of EDUC0606.
Session, Dates: 5 (10/21/2013 - 12/14/2013)
Days: R
Time: 06:00 - 10:00 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Hale Center 302
Seats Available: 14 Seats
Credits: 3
Co-Requisite courses must match session/section/location
Course Description
This course focuses on the development of effective, practical techniques for establishing curricula for use in a standards-based education environment. The course examines the theoretical dimensions of curriculum development. Topics such as taxonomies, objectives, and lesson planning are addressed to show their connection to curriculum development and outcomes-based educational planning efforts. Assessment related topics such as reliability and validity of assessments, constructing classroom tests, constructing performance tasks and scoring rubrics, formative assessment in the classroom, and the uses and interpretation of test results will be addressed. Major requirements of the course include departmental field experiences and the development of a curriculum proposal that focuses on a topic related to the student's day-today classroom teaching.
Co-requisite: EDUC0606
Co-requisite: EDUC0606
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About the Instructor(s)
Ying Zhang, Ph.D.
zhang@rmu.edu
412-397-5918 phone
Wheatley Center 316
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Associate Professor of Education
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zhang@rmu.edu
412-397-5918 phone
Wheatley Center 316
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