NSEE 8111 - Science Teaching and Learning

Science classrooms are exciting environments. The combination of hands-on exploration, laboratory activities, vocabulary and research makes science teaching complex and challenging. This is a practitioner’s course where science-specific instructional strategies will be actively investigated, including the classroom environment, impact of state and national standards, inquiry as process and pedagogy, effective questioning, misconceptions and gaps in understanding, use of science notebooks/journals, curriculum design, assessment models, state science testing, science literacy, and cultural perspective.

Credits: (3 credits)