EDU 5860 - Teaching STEM

Goals: To provide students with opportunities to further develop skills in planning, instruction, and assessment in their STEM field through taking a supporting role in an introductory STEM course on campus.

Content: Students pursuing a STEM Education major will work with their advisor and the professors in their concentration field in the semester before registering to select an appropriate introductory-level class to work with for the term. Students will work with the course professor to engage with the class through avenues such as researching misconceptions and common problems, planning class sessions, planning class learning activities, leading class sessions, developing objectives, creating assessments, analyzing assessment performance, and supporting students in and/or out of class time. Students will write a series of reflections on their work, experiences, and learnings over the term. Students will choose one major research or action project for the term: 1) development, leadership, assessment, and analysis of a lesson or lesson series, 2) development and analysis of a major assessment, or 3) analysis of student work, thinking, or attitudes in relation to research literature findings.

Students register for this course as an individual study.

Credits: 4