By the conclusion of the course, each student proposes a plan of research for investigating a problem meaningful to classroom teachers. The proposal becomes a permanent part of the student s file. Enhances students knowledge of tests and measurements for practicing classroom teachers and satisfies the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment stipulated by the National Council of Assessment of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Students become skilled in choosing, developing, administering, scoring and interpreting external and teacher-produced assessment methods. Emphasis is placed on developing skilled applications of principles and procedures.
Emphasis is given to technological advances and their impact on the learning environment.
Attention also is devoted to systematic instructional design. Students choose technologies of interest and research those technologies relative to their needs. Students construct a conceptual framework for conflict resolution which can guide them in helping children learn how and why responding nonviolently to the difficulties they encounter can foster peace. Offered alternate years. Each year the course focuses on a particular theme or a selected area of investigation.