The purpose of this course is to allow graduate students to apply research skills and knowledge to a research project in the area of higher education.

This seminar will explore cognitive development from infancy to middle childhood and adolescence. We begin with a brief study of the neural bases of cognition and an exploration of theories specific to the study of cognition. Other areas of study of cognitive development include language and literacy, number and space, and play.

Critical evaluation of current literature, research yearbooks, and experiments in curriculum and teaching of English. Prerequisites: Educ 515 and teaching experience.

Students will explore the use of dynamic technological tools for teaching and learning mathematics. In addition to developing facility with some of these tools, students will explore issues of visualization, simulation, and animation and their impacts on learning. The course will incorporate critical evaluation of current literature, research, and studies in curriculum and teaching of secondary school mathematics and is relevant to practitioners and researchers.

Instruction and personal supervision in administration, scoring, and interpretation of most used psychological tests such as the WISC-R, WAIS-R, WPPSI-R, and Stanford Binet. Prerequisite: Educ 705.

Selected problems in curriculum and instruction in science.

This practicum provides individualized instruction and supervision in individual counseling. Admission to a Counseling Master's program and certification of readiness for the practicum by the student's advisor is required before enrollment. All students counsel clients at an off-campus agency or school.

Pre-practicum in School Counseling is designed to support the student in her/his first school placement, and to facilitate professional growth as a school counselor.

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