Education
Course Descriptions - Spring 2010 - School Psychology
January 31, 2010 - June 17, 2010
EdSE 640 - Assessment of Individual Differences in General Education and Special Education: A Socio Cultural Perspective
This course focuses on assessment in general education and special aeducation of individual diffrerences in intelligence, learning potential, personality, motivation, and school acheivement, mangement of data from assessment and monitoring of student progress, characteristics of standardized tests, the role f educational testing in program design and informing instruction, particularly for students with disabilities, assessment of young children, use of acheivement tests, introduction to dynamic (or interactive) assessment, diffrences between static and dynamic assessment, the use of teacher made informal tests, opportunity to observe and practice use of acheivement tests and curriculum based assessment approaches in classrooms. 3 credits.
EdSE 650 - Educational Technology in General and Special Education This course focuses on the design and use of computers and other technological devices that facilitate communication,learning, and related functions in educational contexts for children in general education and children with specisl needs, technology for use in fostering literacy and remediating reading disabilities, special applications with computers in the classroom, information literacy, and recent developments in the field of assistive technologies for students with diabilities. 3. credits.
This course focuses on assessment in general education and special aeducation of individual diffrerences in intelligence, learning potential, personality, motivation, and school acheivement, mangement of data from assessment and monitoring of student progress, characteristics of standardized tests, the role f educational testing in program design and informing instruction, particularly for students with disabilities, assessment of young children, use of acheivement tests, introduction to dynamic (or interactive) assessment, diffrences between static and dynamic assessment, the use of teacher made informal tests, opportunity to observe and practice use of acheivement tests and curriculum based assessment approaches in classrooms. 3 credits.
EdSE 650 - Educational Technology in General and Special Education This course focuses on the design and use of computers and other technological devices that facilitate communication,learning, and related functions in educational contexts for children in general education and children with specisl needs, technology for use in fostering literacy and remediating reading disabilities, special applications with computers in the classroom, information literacy, and recent developments in the field of assistive technologies for students with diabilities. 3. credits.
