Student teaching and/or internship

Introduces theories and research on college students' development and their college experience. Theories describing patterns of growth and development and their application in higher education.

Issues of gender relative to the participations of all individuals in science activity; historical and on-going structures, policies, and practices that influence legitimacy and participation; and the intersection and relationships between social groups.

Introduction to modern test theory, often called item response theory. Topics include shortcomings of classical models and methods, basic concepts and item response theory models, parameter estimation, goodness of fit procedures, and specific applications including test development, detection of biased test items, test score equating, large-scale assessment, score reporting, and computer-adaptive testing. Prerequisite: Educ 735.

Advanced knowledge and procedures for evaluating treatment outcomes using single-subject research designs. Topics include assessment, experimental design, and data evaluation.

Students enrolled in this course should have taken EDUC 532 -- Behavior Analysis in Applied Settings OR EDUC 661 -- Educational Research Methods. This will provide the foundational knowledge necessary to learn single case experimental design as an advanced research methodology.

Course surveys typical and atypical child and adolescent development in PreK-12 school environments. It provides students opportunities to learn current theories and applications related to the specific helping professions work settings that students will enter.

This course introduces and assesses the 11 Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Standards fulfilling the SEI Endorsement requirement for teacher licensure in Massachusetts. Course content prepares PK-12 preservice teachers with the theoretical, cultural, political, linguistic, and instructional tools for effectively promoting the language development of English language learners.

This course introduces and assesses the 11 Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Standards fulfilling the SEI Endorsement requirement for teacher licensure in Massachusetts. Course content prepares PK-12 preservice teachers with the theoretical, cultural, political, linguistic, and instructional tools for effectively promoting the language development of English language learners.

Current theory and research on children's development of oral and written language and its implications for reading, writing and language instruction.

Workshop addresses the dynamics of handicappism on personal and institutional levels.