In this course, students will explore an assessment cycle consistent with current evidence-based practice of data-based decision making, including a cycle of screening, monitoring progress, administering targeted diagnostic assessments, and …
In this course, students will provide reading instruction for children with demonstrated reading difficulties. Students will engage in Structured Literacy intervention including data-based decision making & goal-setting, explicit, systematic instruction, …
Literacy Leadership and Coaching is the capstone course for the Reading Masters program. The course has two primary goals: 1) Examine the leadership role of the literacy specialist/coach and 2) …
In this course, students will apply their knowledge of typical literacy development to understand how reading and writing develop in diverse populations, including students with disabilities, English learners, and students …
Can a modern innovation actually be old? This course examines key historical moments of innovation in teaching and learning -- from the Common Schools through modern EdTech -- with the …
This culminating course for the Ed.S. program will usher students through the process of designing and completing a final project that pulls together program course-work, personal context and professional goals. …
Interested in transforming education? This course explores a range of innovative efforts to improve education with the goal of preparing seminar students to envision and create innovations of their own …
This course examines the various theories, frameworks, and practices that help to cultivate and sustain the engagement of families and communities in the educational development (social, emotional, and academic) of …
Educators, policymakers, and pundits point to Finland, Singapore, and other countries that produce high marks on international assessments as places to study and perhaps emulate. This course provides that opportunity. …
This course provides an introduction to discourse analysis theory and methodology as they relate to classrooms and other educational settings. Readings will provide an overview of discourse analysis approaches used …
This course is designed to provide you with an overview to key issues related to the education of linguistic minorities (labeled "English Learners," or "ELs") in K-12 settings in the …
Students learn about major approaches to research and study exemplars of each. Students will learn to evaluate research reports on the basis of accepted standards for each approach. Prerequisite: Admission …
In this course you become an educational entrepreneur by designing and implementing an educational innovation for a school or similar setting that you choose. You will help your partner site …
Course permits students to work, under close faculty guidance, on an individual research project. Research done in this course may not be considered a part of thesis or dissertation work. …
Teaching and learning are highly complex and interactive processes occurring at the intersection of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. This course deeply explores instruction, the approaches and methods used to facilitate …
The field of curriculum studies seeks to understand the complex environments of teaching and learning within our society--to see beyond curriculum guides, standards, and lesson plans to make meaning of …
This advanced assessment seminar is designed to enable students to build on existing strengths and to provide an opportunity for further in-depth study in the area of educational assessment. The …
Presents methods for systematically integrating research literature, including searching extant studies, categorizing studies on the basis of their relevant characteristics, analyzing the resulting data, and preparing reports of reviews. Includes …
The course introduces learning analytics as a multidisciplinary field focused on the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data to improve teaching and learning. Students examine conceptual foundations, analytic approaches, …
This course prepares Curriculum & Instruction Ed.D. students to conduct and write rigorous literature reviews for applied research. Students learn to analyze research methods, synthesize findings, develop a clear thesis, …