Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. This course is designed to cover appropriate methods and materials for teaching Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies in the primary schools. Techniques for classroom management, individualizing instruction, parent involvement, analysis of new trends and issues in the field are included. Objectives, methodology, scope, sequence, and evaluation are treated.
Interdisciplinary emphasis is included.
Field experience in the public schools is included in this course. Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered fall semester. This course will familiarize students, in theory and in practice, with assessment instruments and procedures designed to specifically isolate academic and cognitive strengths and weaknesses, aid in the identification of educationally-handicapped students, and serve as a guide for the development of individual education plans.