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| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| ED 373 | Introduction to Curriculum and Assessment | 3 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Int Curr and Assess |
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Catalog Description: This course will help students to develop assessment, instructional, and management strategies in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction in various classroom settings using the framework of teacher work sampling. The basics of lesson planning, instructional methods, assessment planning, differentiation, and classroom management will be covered. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: ¿ Candidates will demonstrate emerging understanding of how to align instructional goals with curricular decisions and assessment methods, in the context of Oregon¿s standards-based schools, with the aim of promoting student achievement ¿ Candidates will incorporate learning theory and educational philosophy into the analysis of, and implementation of, curricular and assessment decisions, given certain instructional goals ¿ Candidates will analyze classroom behaviors, discipline models, and students¿ rights and identify appropriate and supportive techniques for classroom management ¿ Candidates will develop an emerging model of, and a plan for, effective management of classroom routines and student behavior that maximizes opportunities for student learning. ¿ Candidates will develop the skills underlying teacher work sample methodology including contextual analysis, selection of content, selection of pedagogical strategies, assessment, data analysis, reflective analysis, and alignment across each. |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): One of the ongoing and best supported criticisms of university-based teacher education is that students emerge without sufficient skills in assessment practices, use of proficiency-based practices, uses of assessment to facilitate P-12 student learning (Darling-Hammond & Bransford, 2005). The addition of an introductory curriculum and assessment course will help our candidates learn to more systematically connect their teaching actions to the learning of P-12 students. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: Existing capacity currently exists within the Division of Teacher Education and no unique facilities needs are required. |
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Brief Course outline: Week #1: Exploration of content standards and benchmarks Week #2: Articulation of goals and objectives Week #3: Lesson planning Week #4: Instructional design Week #5: Instructional methods Week #6: Differentiation Week #7: Fixed item response assessments Week #8: Open item assessments Week #9: Performance assessments Week #10: Grading practices |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | ----------------- | Approved | November 10 2009 |
| 2 - Division | Mark Girod | Approved | December 01 2009 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mary Reynolds | Approved | December 01 2009 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Laurie Burton | Approved | January 20 2010 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Katherine Schmidt | Approved | March 11 2010 |
| 7 - Dean | Hilda Rosselli | Approved | March 15 2010 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | March 16 2010 |
| draft_ED373_syllabus.pdf | Download |
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