Theories and concepts of human development, learning, and motivation are presented and applied to interpreting and explaining human behavior and interaction in relation to teaching across the developmental span from early childhood to adulthood. A field experience in a school or other educational agency is a required and basic part of the course.
TEACHING EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
An exploration of topic areas such as conflict mediation, crisis management, communication skills, student development theories, and wellness designed to provide new Resident Life Advisors with the skills and knowledge essential for being successful.
This course is rooted in the conceptual understanding of statistics and covers applications of statistical and graphical methods for educational and evaluation data. Basic descriptive statistics, correlation, normal distributions and hypothesis testing will be covered. An emphasis is placed on exploratory data analysis and interpretation of results within the broad contexts of education and evaluation. Statistical literacy exercises will be used for comprehension and application of materials. In addition, applications of statistical software will be demonstrated.
The course covers applications of statistical and graphical methods for educational and evaluation data. Topics to be covered include descriptive statistics, correlation, normal distributions, hypothesis testing, regression, ANOVA, and power. General goals include: developing an understanding of statistical concepts, improving reasoning and critical thinking skills, and to prepare for more advanced quantitative courses. Students will gain valuable statistical computing skills via stats software.
A survey of human development across the life span of the individual from conception to death. Content includes changes in motor skills, biological growth and decline, learning behavior, language, social, emotional, moral, and intellectual development as well as the roles of the family, the school, peers, and work in relation to individual development. Critical evalution of current theories which describe human development.
Foundational doctoral seminar in counseling psychology. This course addresses professional issues in counseling psychology including counseling psychology professional identity and values, process-outcome research, the scientist-practitioner philosophy, evidence-based practice (EBP), socio-contextual-developmental perspectives, and APA aspirational guidelines for professional practice with diverse groups.
This course is designed to increase one's sensitivity to and respect for individual differences. Models, frameworks, techniques and experiential exercises are presented to increase one's skill level in working with persons from diverse backgrounds (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability and ability status, religion/spirituality/worldview, social class, age, body shape and size, nationality, citizenship status).
An advanced course in evaluation methods and techniques with an emphasis on quantitative methodology. State of the art ideas and methods of conducting evaluation studies and analyzing data from those studies are presented. The course is designed primarily for those who are conducting or will conduct evaluation studies.
This course provides theoretical material and advanced laboratory practice in the measurement of intelligence by individual techniques. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
