EDME 558 STEM Curriculum and Instruction

EDME 558 includes teaching strategies and best practices for standards appropriate for PreK to intermediate grades in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content. Students learn to support the development of early number concepts, basic facts, discourse in the mathematics and science classroom, productive struggle, problem solving, student-centered instruction, invented strategies and algorithms, benchmark and progress monitoring data analysis, prescriptive instruction, progression of skills, questioning techniques, diagnostic interviews, use of technology/media, safety considerations and multi-tiered systems of support framework. Includes exploration of Standards for Mathematical Practices, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the National Science Teacher Association, and National Council for Teachers of Mathematics recommendations for preparing teachers to teach mathematics and science.