This course focuses on the integration of SJE as pedagogy and SJE as content to promote youth engagement and transformative education across learning environments. Its purpose is to help students develop a combination of historical, theoretical, conceptual, scientific, and pedagogical foundation for SJE in youth-based settings such as schools and community based organizations.

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How is culture constructed through face-to-face interactions? How do race, language, and culture shape learning? What consequences exist for those differing from dominant norms? What evidence is there that participants are constructing interpretations, at times at odds with each other? What are the implications of this research for educators and diverse communities? In this course, we will survey how crosscultural communication has been researched, both for learning language and for examining its role in the academic progress of linguistically diverse learners.

The purpose of this course is to focus on the application of current theories and research related to the practice of the school psychologist as a consultant in the school setting.

Course explores the multidisciplinary field of prevention science, examining its concepts, methods, research base, and applications, particularly as they apply to education, school psychology, and children's development. Examines principles and core elements of evidence-based interventions used to prevent or address problems in children and adolescents.

This course aims to prepare ELL and mainstream teachers to address the challenge of helping bilingual and emergent bilingual learners succeed in regular academic content classes. We will consider research supporting the view that second language acquisition is enhanced by rigorous academic content instruction.

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.

Designs and research on counseling and mental health services, professional and ethical standards, issues in cultural, political, and historical contexts of helping. Consent of instructor required (Doctoral Section).

This course deals with advanced topics in psychometric methods and educational statistics. Topics include: differential item functioning, univariate and multivariate selection theory, equating, score scales and norming, generalizability theory, and Bayesian inference.

This course presents and discusses the major theories regarding the concept of "test validity" and the major practices involved in test validation. The skills taught in this course will enable students to be experts in testing tests.

Prerequisites: EDUC 656, 591J or 632