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Science & Math Education (SMED) SMED 1011 Inquiry Approaches to Teaching - Step 1 Prerequisites: Interest in exploring teaching as a career. Description: Master teachers introduce students to examples of high- quality inquiry-based lessons and model the educational concepts to which they are being introduced. In Step 1, students prepare and participate in the teaching of three (3) lessons in elementary classrooms. Credit hours: 1

SMED 4013 Classroom Interactions Prerequisites: SMED 1011, SMED 2011, SMED 3013 and full admission to Professional Education. Description: A close examination of the interplay between teachers, students, and content, and how such interactions enable students to develop deep conceptual understanding. Students will learn how content and pedagogy combine to create effective teaching. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate

Contact hours: Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab

Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science

SMED 4023 Problem-Based Learning in Mathematics and Science Prerequisites: SMED 1011, SMED 2011, SMED 3013, SMED 4013, CIED 4613 or CIED 4003, and full admission to Professional Education. Description: Explores authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. Students will work in teams to formulate questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products and share ideas. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate

Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 2011 Inquiry-Based Lesson Design-Step 2 Prerequisites: SMED 1011 and an interest in exploring teaching as a career. Description: Master teachers introduce students to examples of high- quality inquiry-based lessons and model the educational concepts to which they are being introduced. In Step 2, students prepare and participate in the teaching of three (3) lessons in middle school classrooms. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 3013 Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science Prerequisites: SMED 1011 and SMED 2011. Description: Expands the prospective teacher's understanding of current theories of learning and conceptual development. Students examine their own assumptions about learning and critically examine the needs of a diverse student population in the classroom. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 4053 Teaching Geometry in the Secondary School Prerequisites: Full admission to Professional Education.

Description: Overview of the present secondary geometry curricula and future trends. Axiomatic development of Euclidean geometry, proofs and transformational geometry from the perspective of the secondary mathematics teachers. Study and comparison of contemporary basic mathematics textbooks. Recommended to be taken after or concurrently with MATH 4403. Course previously offered as CIED 4053. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 4153 Teaching Mathematics at the Intermediate Level Prerequisites: SMED 3153 or SMED 5013 (for Graduate Students) and MATH 3403 and MATH 3603, full admission to Professional Education.. Description: Selection and organization of content, procedures for instruction, and evaluation of outcomes in teaching the mathematics of the intermediate grades. Some attention to instruction in upper grades of the elementary school. Course previously offered as CIED 4153. Credit hours: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 3153 Teaching Mathematics at the Primary Level Prerequisites: Grade of “C” or better in MATH 3403 or MATH 3603; six hours from MATH 1483, MATH 1493, MATH 1513, MATH 1613, MATH 2103, MATH 2144 or STAT 2013; consent of instructor. Description: Developmental levels in selection and organization of content and procedures for primary mathematics education. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 4003 Teaching Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics Prerequisites: Full admission to Professional Education. Description: Teaching of the basic skill areas. Study and comparison of contemporary basic mathematics textbooks. Recommended to be taken concurrently with public school practicum experiences. Course previously offered as CIED 4003. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science

Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate

Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science SMED 4353 Science in the Elementary School Curriculum

Prerequisites: Completion of 12 hours with a grade of "C" or better in required science courses and be fully admitted to Professional Education. Description: The purposes, selection and organization of content, teaching and learning procedures and evaluation of outcomes in elementary school science. Course previously offered as CIED 4353. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate

Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Teaching, Learning, Ed Science