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  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is designed for prospective teachers who require current research, trends, and practices within the field of education of the gifted and talented. Gifted and talented students have special needs that require instructional and curricular modifications commensurate with their abilities within the classroom setting and specialized programs. This course provides the students with an overview of giftedness as it relates to young people and as it provides an introduction to virtually all aspects of program planning and development. Expected to be offered: Fall semesters 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    The application of computer technology to instruction is emphasized. Topics include: teacher productivity elements; internet presentations; and the use of software for instruction. Teacher productivity is emphasized, and applications are extended to assessment. Sources and resources for instruction utilizing technology are applied. Macintosh and IBM computers are used in this course. Prerequisite: CPS 101 Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Upon completion of this class, candidates will be able to demonstrate the ability to understand and respect the broad range of cultural expression, and to incorporate that knowledge in a sensitive and humane manner to promote understanding and concern among people of differing economic, social, cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, and religious backgrounds and develop a classroom and social climate that values this diversity. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters. Extended Campus-Kalispell: Spring semesters 3 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a foundation course which introduces the teacher candidate to the various exceptionalities and provides an opportunity to observe first-hand in the school setting the procedures and practices in the education of individuals with disabilities. Various forms of diversity are studied along with how exceptionalities affect families. The federal mandate to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for children and adolescents with disabilities is closely reviewed. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters 3 credits
  • 4.00 Credits

    Current developmental and cognitive theories are analyzed and their application to instruction is developed through an active learning environment. Psychological principles of instruction are identified and applied to assessment, planning, and development of instruction. Critical motivational concepts and the psychology of individual differences are also examined and applied to instruction. Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters. Extended Campus-Kalispell: Fall semesters. 4 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    The major purpose of this course is to study the theoretical and practical aspects of the use of assessment in understanding student achievement. The course has been designed to familiarize teacher candidates with the various purposes and types of assessment used in school settings to document academic achievement. Prerequisite: EDU 284 Expected to be offered: Fall and Spring semesters; Extended Campus-Kalispell: Spring semesters 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Techniques and materials particularly suited to instruction on the secondary level will be learned and examined. Upon completion of this course teacher candidates will demonstrate: 1) recognition of the need to plan instruction based on the reading and literacy strengths of individual learners rather than emphasizing weaknesses; 2) recognition of fluent integration of text information and reader knowledge; and 3) use of reading strategies. Prerequisite: EDU 200 Expected to be offered: Fall semesters; Extended Campus-Kalispell: Summer semesters 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Models of "hands-on" science instruction are analyzed in a constructivist learning environment. National and state science standards and their implications for assessment are coupled with science curriculum. Key concepts of the methods of science inquiry are connected to various content areas, and applications of technology are examined. Prerequisite: BIO 102, GSC 101, GSC 158 (concurrent enrollment permitted) Expected to be offered: Fall semesters; Extended Campus-Kalispell: Fall semesters 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed for prospective elementary teachers who require current research, trends, practices, and knowledge of professional literature within the field of elementary social studies instruction. This course provides the teacher candidate with an overview of the discipline, with special emphasis on curriculum development procedures, resource media, and instructional strategies and procedures for teaching social studies through a process approach. Prerequisite: HST 203, HST 204 or HST 230 (concurrent enrollment permitted) Expected to be offered: Spring semesters; Extended Campus-Kalispell: Spring semesters, even years 2 credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Active learning based on concrete modeling of mathematical concepts is emphasized. National and state standards and their implications for assessment are analyzed. Critical problems in mathematics instruction are identified, and instructional solutions are proposed. Applications of technology for math instruction are examined. Prerequisite: MTH 255 (concurrent enrollment permitted) Expected to be offered: Spring semesters; Extended Campus-Kalispell: Spring semesters 2 credits
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