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ENG 229 - Introduction to Poetry Writing

Directed practice in the writing of poetry. Types and structures available to the poetry writer.

Average Grade - 3.966
Median Grade - 4.0
29 total students

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TE 405 - Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners (3-6)

Teaching language and literacy to diverse learners in grades 3-6. Literacy learning environments. Culturally responsive practices in literacy. Literacy curriculum design and assessment. Teaching motivation and engagement, phonics, spelling, syntax, reading fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, composition, and speaking and listening in grades 3-6.

Average Grade - 3.856
Median Grade - 4.0
195 total students

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TE 458 - Reading, Writing, and Teaching Poetry

Reading poetry, writing from prompts, peer workshops, pedagogical strategies.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
66 total students

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TE 501 - Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners I

Directed and evaluated internship in heterogeneous classrooms. Teaching worthwhile content to students with varied learning needs. Theoretical and field-based explorations of common teaching dilemmas.

482 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2011

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TE 802 - Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice I

Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning. Criteria for judging the validity and applicability of research-based knowledge. Framing educational problems worthy of inquiry. Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice.

Average Grade - 3.932
Median Grade - 4.0
192 total students

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TE 807 - Professional Development and Inquiry

Teacher-centered inquiry through autobiography and documentation of self as learner. Relationship of personal research to classroom-based research. Application to practice.

Average Grade - 3.930
Median Grade - 4.0
328 total students

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TE 808 - Inquiry into Classroom Teaching and Learning

Alternative forms of classroom inquiry to improve teaching and learning of subject matter. Social context of teaching and learning, pedagogy, and teaching effects. Social and academic outcomes for diverse learners.

Average Grade - 3.854
Median Grade - 4.0
147 total students

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TE 818 - Curriculum In Its Social Context

Philosophical, social, and historical foundations of curriculum. Issues and practices across subjects, grades, and school settings. Moral consequences of curriculum decisions for teachers and students.

Average Grade - 3.829
Median Grade - 4.0
211 total students

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TE 820 - Power and Pluralism in School Practice

Connections between schools and diversity, inequality, and power in society. Genesis and consequences of school policies for diverse learners.

Average Grade - 3.958
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2016

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TE 822 - Issues of Culture in Classroom and Curriculum

Socio-cultural contexts and functions of schooling. Cultural diversity in education. Schools and classrooms as cultural systems. Students' cultural backgrounds in relation to curriculum. Developing effective multicultural curricula for all students.

Average Grade - 3.867
Median Grade - 4.0
49 total students

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TE 823 - Learning Communities and Equity

Cooperative grouping and heterogeneous learning teams. Impact of learning communities on equity and on school curricula.

Average Grade - 3.943
Median Grade - 4.0
53 total students

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TE 825 - Diverse Learners and Learning Subject Matter

Multiple perspectives on teaching subject matter to diverse learners. Texts, curricula, and pedagogical approaches. Subject-specific issues related to classroom diversity.

Average Grade - 3.936
Median Grade - 4.0
47 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2015

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TE 831 - Teaching School Subject Matter with Technology

Uses of technologies in teaching subject matter to diverse learners. Critical perspectives on technologies in schools.

Average Grade - 3.874
Median Grade - 4.0
174 total students

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TE 836 - Awards and Classics of Children's Literature

Critical examination of literary classics and award books for children, including children's responses to this literature.

Average Grade - 3.972
Median Grade - 4.0
71 total students

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TE 838 - Children’s Literature in Film

Applies media and film studies perspectives to films created from children’s literature.

Average Grade - 3.793
Median Grade - 4.0
70 total students

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TE 842 - Elementary Reading Assessment and Instruction

Characteristics of effective reading assessment and instruction as identified in research and described by respected reading researchers and practitioners.

Average Grade - 3.778
Median Grade - 4.0
272 total students

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TE 843 - Secondary Reading Assessment and Instruction

Knowledge and methodology for teaching language, literacy, and thinking in selected secondary school subjects.

Average Grade - 3.884
Median Grade - 4.0
201 total students

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TE 845 - Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction and Assessment

Acquisition of literacy in schools by and assessment of language minority students and other learners with diverse backgrounds.

Average Grade - 3.926
Median Grade - 4.0
128 total students

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TE 846 - Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners

Developmental processes, instructional practices, and assessment principles that contribute to effective learning of reading and writing. Teaching methods for accommodating the different needs of individual literacy learners.

Average Grade - 3.854
Median Grade - 4.0
679 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2017

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TE 848 - Writing Assessment and Instruction

Writing theory, research, and pedagogy. Writing processes, strategies, assessments, and environments that address diverse writers (K-adult). Expository, narrative, and poetic genres. Prewriting, composing, revising, editing, and publishing.

Average Grade - 3.875
Median Grade - 4.0
293 total students

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TE 849 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature

Evaluation and utilization of various genres and elements of literature with focus on literature for students in grades K-12.

Average Grade - 3.901
Median Grade - 4.0
174 total students

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TE 850 - Critical Reading for Children and Adolescents

Teaching and learning of critical and aesthetic responses to literature for K-12 students.

Average Grade - 3.361
Median Grade - 3.5
18 total students

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TE 853 - Assessing and Responding to Literacy Learning Difficulties I

Instructional needs of struggling literacy learners. Multiple processes that contribute to proficient reading and writing. Difficulties related to specific reading and writing processes and/or to the orchestration of those processes. Developing and assessing vocabulary, comprehension, and composition skills.

Average Grade - 3.714
Median Grade - 4.0
97 total students

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TE 854 - Assessing and Responding to Literacy Learning Difficulties II

Identification of and response to instructional needs of struggling literacy learners. Collaboration in instructional planning and coordination across instructional settings, causes and correlates of reading difficulties.

Average Grade - 3.900
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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TE 855 - Teaching School Mathematics

Methods, materials, activities, and content important to teaching mathematics. Emphasis on conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas. Implications for lesson development, teaching diverse learners, and evaluating student learning.

Average Grade - 3.933
Median Grade - 4.0
75 total students

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TE 857 - Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving

Alternative approaches to solving mathematical problems and incorporating problem solving into K-12 teaching. Selection, appraisal, and uses of problems in the classroom. Materials and assessment strategies.

Average Grade - 3.700
Median Grade - 4.0
15 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2015

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TE 860 - Practice and Inquiry in Science Education

Teaching science subjects. Emphasis on learner diversity, learning community, conceptual understanding, subject matter content, and learners' prior knowledge.

Average Grade - 3.955
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2013

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TE 861A - Teaching Science for Understanding

Responses to contemporary over-emphasis on memorization and coverage of content knowledge in science teaching. Theoretical knowledge, techniques, and practical skills necessary to teach science for understanding.

Average Grade - 3.821
Median Grade - 4.0
56 total students

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TE 861B - Inquiry, Nature of Science, and Science Teaching

Inquiry and the nature of science as part of current science education reforms. Theoretical knowledge and practical skills for including inquiry and the nature of science in science instruction.

Average Grade - 3.821
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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TE 861C - Action Research in K-12 Science and Mathematics Classrooms

Philosophy and methods supporting action research in sciences and mathematics classrooms. Design and implementation of an action research project in student’s own setting. Analyzing, interpreting, and reporting project results. Reflection on study’s value.

Average Grade - 3.357
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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TE 865 - Teaching and Learning K-12 Social Studies

Purposes for teaching and learning social studies. Developing citizenship, social science reasoning, and content knowledge with diverse learners.

Average Grade - 3.719
Median Grade - 4.0
16 total students

Latest grades from Fall 2012

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TE 870 - Curriculum Design, Development, and Deliberation in Schools

Simulation in group curriculum deliberation. Critique of curriculum discourse, process, and product. Teachers' roles in site-based curriculum and staff development.

Average Grade - 3.931
Median Grade - 4.0
167 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2017

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TE 872 - Teachers as Teacher Educators

Experienced teachers' contributions to the professional development of novice teachers. Implications for school change.

Average Grade - 3.871
Median Grade - 4.0
255 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2017

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TE 873 - Literacy Leadership

Leadership roles for teachers in developing and improving literacy programs at preschool, K-12, college, and adult education levels. Assessing local needs in the context of national and state professional standards for literacy instruction. Maximizing use of resources. Evaluating programs and communicating evaluation results.

Average Grade - 3.899
Median Grade - 4.0
99 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2017

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TE 891 - Special Topics in Teaching, Curriculum, and Schooling

Current special topics in various fields of teacher education.

Average Grade - 3.895
Median Grade - 4.0
43 total students

Latest grades from Summer 2013

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TE 894 - Laboratory and Field Experiences in Teaching, Curriculum, and Schooling

Supervised graduate practica and internships in curriculum, teaching, and schooling.

61 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2013

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