144 Results found
INST120 Creating Units to Support Differing Learning Styles
- Subjects:
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Unlock the secrets to developing a curriculum that meets the learning needs of different types of students. Create a cross-curricular unit that integrates technology to support learning, and plan lessons that address the different ways that your students learn. Activities will help you build flexibility into your lesson plans, enabling you to integrate your new knowledge into your instruction.
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INST125 Building Critical Thinking Skills for Online Research
- Subjects:
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Put 21st century skills into practice as you help students get the most from their online research by encouraging their critical-thinking and information literacy skills. Explore different information search process models and strengthen your own online research skills.
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INST130 Utilizing Technology in Creating a Problem-Based Curriculum
- Subjects:
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Apply new strategies to develop your students' problem-solving skills. Discover how technology can enhance their ability to state problems, pose questions, find answers, and, ultimately, approach learning as a continuous interaction with their world. Then, select a problem for your students to solve and craft a lesson plan that demonstrates the learning process.
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INST180 Differentiated Instruction
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Meet the needs of all your middle school students with techniques to differentiate content, activities, and assessments. Discover methods for pre-assessment and strategies for tiered activities. Throughout the course you'll work on your final project: a differentiated instructional unit that meets your local standards of learning.
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INST300 Curriculum Mapping I by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Learn from the expert on curriculum mapping in this first of two courses developed with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs. Understand how to incorporate mapping in classrooms to enrich curricula and have a powerful impact on student performance. You will finish the course with a complete peer-reviewed plan to adjust the scope and sequence of your curriculum to apply in your classroom right away.
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INST305 Curriculum Mapping II by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
This follow up to Curriculum Mapping I shifts the focus from classroom data mapping to schoolwide curriculum planning, and explores the role of curriculum mapping teams. Analyze and refine the data in your curriculum maps, then apply seven phases of review and revision to develop one for your school. Note: Curriculum Mapping I must be completed before enrollment in this course.
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INST310 Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom
- Subjects:
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Knowledge gained through investigation produces greater student understanding and achievement. Discover the key principles of inquiry-based learning, and observe and assess its effectiveness on class lessons and student Web projects. Develop an inquiry facilitation plan for a unit to implement inquiry based learning in your classroom.
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INST315 Teaching for Multiple Intelligences
- Subjects:
- Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Discover the advantages of teaching methods that engage multiple intelligences and explore ways to implement them. You will also learn to teach and assess students differently based on their individual intellectual styles.
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INST320 Connecting Family, Community and Schools
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Learn the Action Team for Partnership (ATP) model and discover how to engage families and communities in children's education. Examine the "connection" issues, acquire tools to integrate partnership programming into your curriculum, and develop a plan that involves parents, family members, and community resources in your own classroom.
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INST325 Using Assessment and Evaluation
- Subjects:
- Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Delve into the full array of assessment and evaluation tools, including rubrics, journals, formal and informal assessments, and portfolios. Then, create an effective rubric based on an existing student assignment.
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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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MATH175 Developing Algebraic Thinking in Grades K-2
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-2nd
- Hours:
- 30
Learn and apply strategies for incorporating algebra into the classroom by exploring the algebraic content present in your current teachings and developing a connection between algebra and K-2 arithmetic.
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MATH181 Math in Everyday Life for Grades K-5
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-5th
- Hours:
- 15
Make mathematics "real" for your young students with a fresh look at problem solving, calculators, and the Internet in the classroom. Review the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Calculator-Usage and Problem-Solving Standards for a framework to design lesson plans, address content, and meet state standards. Then, develop a "walking field trip" through tasks found in students' daily lives.
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MATH186 Math in Everyday Life for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Math is all around us and you can energize middle school math instruction with real-world challenges. Examine the importance of problem-solving skills, calculators, and the Internet in the classroom while addressing national math standards.
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MATH201 Shaping Up: Teaching Geometry Using Technology in Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
(Formerly MATH200) Discover and implement new, effective strategies to teach geometry to students by integrating software, Web-based activities, as well the NCTM standards into lesson plans for your 6-8 classroom.
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MATH211 Just the Stats: Data Analysis for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Learn to evaluate and select appropriate Web-based activities that help students learn data collection and analysis using National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards as your guide to the ways technology can enhance the subject. You'll then be able to develop data analysis lessons that successfully integrate technology.
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MATH216 The Odds Are Good: Probability for Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
We'll bet that we've got what you're looking for! Discover techniques to develop lessons about probability that meet the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards, use technology as a teaching tool, and incorporate new pedagogical strategies for teaching probability to middle school students.
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MATH221 Count on It: Number Sense for Grades K-5
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-5th
- Hours:
- 15
Make sense out of "number sense," as you discover the role it plays in students' mathematical development, and the impact it has on their future performance. Identify effective assessment strategies, examine lesson plans, Web resources, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards.
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MATH226 Ready to Teach Fractions: Part 1
- Subjects:
- Mathematics
- Grades:
- 3rd-5th
- Hours:
- 15
Unlock the mysteries surrounding children's struggle with fractions. Through the work of the Rational Number Project (RNP), you will view fraction number sense as an extension of whole number sense, and become familiar with the Lesh Translation Model. As the cornerstone of this course, the practical and research-based RNP fraction curriculum will be made available for classroom implementation.
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MATH230 Fostering Collaboration, Discussion, and Critical Thinking in Middle School Math
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Explore and develop math lessons that encourage higher-level thinking and discussion. Use proven Internet resources to incorporate critical thinking and cooperative learning into your mathematics curriculum.
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MATH231 Ready to Teach Fractions: Part 2
- Subjects:
- Mathematics
- Grades:
- 3rd-5th
- Hours:
- 15
Build on the understanding you gained in Ready to Teach Fractions Part 1, the prerequisite course focused on developing meaning for fractions and working with concrete models for equivalent fractions. In Part 2, you'll learn more about the Rational Number Project (RNP) philosophy for addition, subtraction, multiplications, and division concretely and meaningfully. As the cornerstone of this course, the curriculum will provide you with instructional activities to help students operate with fractions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Ready to Teach Fractions Part 2 is an ideal "next step" to help students overcome the fear of fractions.
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MATH236 Patterns and Relations: Algebra Concepts for Grades 1-5
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 1st-5th
- Hours:
- 15
Teach your students how algebra connects to patterns and relationships, by incorporating manipulatives, technology, problem-solving activities, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards into your algebra curriculum.
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MATH240 Measurement: Surface Area and Volume in Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 30
Clarify the concepts of surface area and volume for middle schoolers using nets/maps, interactives and the van Hiele model of geometric thought. Learn how to encourage students' reasoning, while addressing the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. Utilize PBS's resources such as Misunderstood Minds, to address students with math disabilities. Create a lesson on surface area and volume.
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MATH246 Rational Numbers, Fractions, Decimals, and Percents in Grades 6-8
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 6th-8th
- Hours:
- 15
Help your middle schoolers unravel the mysteries of rational numbers, fractions, decimals and percents. Using sample problems, you will build your understanding of how students approach their study, and learn practical, proven ways to redirect their thinking. For a final project, you will create a rational number lesson plan that includes a student assessment component.
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MATH250 Understanding Numbers and Operations: Addition and Subtraction in Grades PreK-3
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Preschool-3rd
- Hours:
- 30
Lay the foundation that your students will build on to meet mathematical standards for years to come. Learn to teach "mental arithmetic" to enhance your students' understanding of addition and subtraction. Develop your understanding of computational strategies by observing students, exploring lesson plans, and examining Web resources.
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MATH270 Developing Algebraic Thinking in Grades 3-5
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 3rd-5th
- Hours:
- 30
Help your 3rd- to 5th-graders think algebraically by learning strategies for incorporating algebra in your classroom. Explore the algebraic content in your current teachings and develop a connection between algebra and mathematics.
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MATH280 Understanding Counting and Numbers
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- Kindergarten-2nd
- Hours:
- 30
Here is a unique opportunity to understand more about the ways your youngest students learn to count, recognize numerals, understand fractions, and learn about place value. Explore activities that support multiple intelligences, examine constructivist theories within the curriculum, and help students meet National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. Along the way, you will develop strategies to help students build counting skills and understand our number system. Finally, you'll create a lesson plan to teach the concepts of counting and numbers.
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MATH285 Understanding the Number System
- Subjects:
- Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies
- Grades:
- 3rd-5th
- Hours:
- 30
Learn more about base number systems through activities, videos, and readings. Develop lesson plans designed to teach the base-ten number system, including factors, even/odd numbers, negative numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents.
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MATH410 Seeing Math™: Linear Functions
- Subjects:
- Mathematics
- Grades:
- 6th-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Discover a fresh approach to teaching linear functions through the use of real-world problems that generate varied approaches and solutions. Learn how multiple representations and solutions strengthen students' understanding of functions, equations, and problem solving.
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MATH415 Seeing Math™: Transformations of Linear Functions
- Subjects:
- Mathematics
- Grades:
- 6th-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Learn how to help students grasp the symbolic representations of functions, while representing families of linear functions in multiple formats. Observe and discuss videos of students to gain insight into student thinking and explore strategies to address their misconceptions. Acquire interactive software and activities to use in the classroom that demonstrate the link between symbolic forms of linear functions and graphical forms.
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MATH420 Seeing Math™: Linear Equations
- Subjects:
- Mathematics
- Grades:
- 6th-12th
- Hours:
- 30
Develop strategies for teaching students how to represent and manipulate linear equations. Examine the rationale behind the symbol manipulation that maintains an equality or corresponding inequality. Use symbolic and graphic techniques to solve equations.
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