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INST330 Improving Learning Through Collaboration
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Get actionable tips and strategies for applying the key principles of cooperative and collaborative learning in your classroom and incorporating them into your lesson plans.
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INST335 Constructing Learning Centered Environments
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
This course uses a constructivist teaching model so you can experience this approach firsthand. You'll examine your role as a teacher and that of your students in the legacy model, while reflecting on how these roles may differ from your initial perceptions. You'll become familiar with the principles of constructivism including student-centered, inquiry-based learning, and problem-based learning.
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MATH120 Fostering Cooperative Learning, Discussion, and Critical Thinking in Elementary Math
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 1st-5th
- Hours:
- 30
Highly developed collaborative and critical thinking skills are what your students need to meet standards and perform in high-stakes testing. Expand your collection of strategies for sharpening these skills using classroom technology.
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MATH126 Ahead of the Curve: Exponential and Other Functions for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Help middle school students function with functions. Study strategies for teaching exponential functions and growth, and solve a range of mathematical problems to understand the underlying mathematics of functions. Collaborate with peers online to find ways to recognize and address students' misconceptions.
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MATH136 Patterns and Relations for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Get to the heart of the matter. Learn to teach your middle schoolers how to represent, analyze, and generalize a variety of patterns - the very core of algebra. Solve sample pattern problems and connect the mathematics explored in the course with mathematics requirements in your district.
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MATH150 Making Comparisons with Data Analysis for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Get the inside track on what data analysis concepts your middle schoolers understand - and where they are likely to struggle. Discover concepts that are integral to making comparisons, including distribution and measures of spread, measures of center, graphic representation and interpretation, and communication of data-based conclusions.
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MATH156 The Concept of Function for Grades 9-12
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 9th-12th
- Hours:
- 15
Understand more about what confuses your high school students when they encounter the theory of function. You'll examine theories of function as a process, a mathematical object, and a tool for description and prediction, and learn new ways to present the concept to your students.
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MATH160 Gender Equity in the Mathematics Classroom
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 4th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Does your learning environment support math success for boys and girls? This course introduces techniques to evaluate your teaching style for gender bias while exploring strategies to increase gender equity in a standards-driven instructional setting. To complete the course, you'll develop a project that creates or maintains gender-equitable mathematics curricula.
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MATH165 Enabling Students with Special Needs to Succeed in Math Class
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 4th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Make mathematics accessible and understandable for all students, including those with disabilities. In this course, you will learn how to adapt your own curricula and work with special needs teachers to help your students succeed in the classroom. As your final task, you will develop a plan that builds accessibility strategies into your daily teachings.
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MATH171 Proportional Reasoning
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Target middle school students' misconceptions about proportionality, as you learn new ways to teach ratio, proportion, and percents. After exploring various student approaches to proportion problems, and collaborating with other course participants, you'll be prepared to craft a lesson plan designed to teach a concept of proportion using your new knowledge.
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