Curr 316:
Teaching Sci &Math to Children

This course covers contemporary teaching/learning strategies for mathematics and science instruction in early childhood and elementary classrooms. Instructional techniques integrate hands-on learning, manipulatives, the student's environment, functional uses of mathematics and science, and assessment strategies appropriate for all students. The focus will be on the nature of children's science and mathematics learning, the teacher as a facilitator of meaningful learning, and New York State and National Learning Standards for science, mathematics, and technology. Constructivism, the idea that individuals must build knowledge from their own experience and thought, provides an underpinning for insights into the nature of children's learning in the life and physical sciences and in mathematics. Includes field trip component. Prerequisite or Corequisite: MATH 141. Prerequisites: EDUC 214 or SPED 234, and MATH 140.

Educ 504:
Educational Resrch Methodology

Recognizing the need for instruction in the statistical tools used in the field of education, students are introduced to various statistical methods and to the rationale for their use. Research methods, research designs, and sampling techniques will be introduced. Research knowledge and statistics will be applied to a research proposal which includes major components such as identification of a research problem, purpose of the study, review of the related literature, statement of hypothesis, description of sample, selection or construction of measuring devices, collection of data, identification of appropriate statistics, and a plan for possible implementation. Offered: every semester