Courses

• SED LS 727: Topical Seminar in Literacy and Language
  Focuses on one aspect of research, theory, and practice in literacy and language. Offered by visiting professors or resident faculty. Topics may include critical review of research literature in literacy and review and/or application of theory/research in literacy and language for a specific population. Var cr.
• SED LS 762: Literacy Acquisition and Development: Addressing Strengths and Needs
  Focuses on the strengths and needs of elementary, middle, and secondary school the individual struggling/striving readers and students who experience difficulty with reading and writing in some contexts. Emphasizes effective literacy interventions practices across learning contexts, including in and out of school. Includes examination and discuss of both theoretical and practical readings. 4 cr.
• SED LS 763: Field Experience in Literacy Education: Clinical Interventions
  Focuses on the application of research and theory to practice in clinical/tutorial instructional settings with a focus on developing and applying knowledge of best practices in literacy assessment and instruction for students who experience difficulty in reading and writing in some contexts. Participants administer and interpret results of various screening and diagnostic instruments within a tutoring context; plan and implement effective instructional practices to support areas of students' identified strengths and needs; engage in video analysis to prompt a reflective stance toward instruction and professional growth; prepare and share a final case report that summarizes assessment results and provides a detailed report of the instructional practices implemented and student progress. 2 cr.
• SED LS 764: Roles and Responsibilities of the Literacy Specialist: Leadership, Coaching, Teaching
  Examines a variety of roles assumed by literacy specialists as they work to support student learning. Participants engage in three types of activities: observation, reflection, and analysis of an in-service literacy professional's practice; consider and discuss observed practices within the context of existing theory and research; and a plan to promote professional learning and improve literacy instruction in schools and classrooms. Field experience. Permission required. 4 cr.
• SED LS 790: Literary Assessment to Inform Instruction
  Explores the theoretical underpinnings of literacy assessments and ways to use formal and informal assessments to identify learner's strengths and needs. Emphasizes assessment practices that are grounded in teaching interventions or "trials" that provide insight into instructional practices that support. 4 cr.
• SED LS 792: Teaching Adolescent Readers and Writers
  Explores current theory and research regarding reading and writing processes and practices among adolescents in and out of school. Particular attention will be given to the integration of literacy instruction within content disciplines and the relevance of out-of-school literacies to in-school instruction. 4 cr.
• SED LS 793: Field Experience in Literacy Education: School-based Intervention
  The application of research and theory to practice in school-based instructional settings with a focus on developing and applying knowledge of best practices in literacy assessment and instructional intervention to their work with for students who experience difficulty in learning to read and write in some context. Participants will administer and interpret results of various screening and diagnostic instruments during individual and small group instructional contexts intervention sessions within schools. They will plan and implement effective instructional interventions based on children's identifiable areas of strengths and needs and final case report that summarizes assessment results and provides a detailed report of the instructional practices implemented intervention and student progress. Video analysis will be integrated throughout the semester to prompt a reflective stance toward instruction. Prereq: SED LS 763. 2 cr.
• SED LW 736: Teaching Writing in Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools
  Study of research and theory that informs an understanding of the writing process, the development of writing abilities, and writing instruction and assessment. Application of the literature to classroom practice at the elementary, middle and secondary school levels. 4 cr.
• SED LW 781: Processes of Writing
  Study of the theory and research related to writing. Exploration of implications for assessment, instructional design, and educational planning. 4 cr.
• SED ME 200: Introduction to Mathematics Education
  The course will provide students with an introduction to the field of K-12 mathematics education, focusing on current issues such as standards, curriculum, diversity, student achievement, parental involvement, instructional methods, and the nature of learning mathematics with understanding. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area(s): The Individual in Community.
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• SED ME 360: Mathematics for Teaching: Algebra
  Revisits school algebra from an advanced perspective, with emphasis on multiple representations, making generalizations, and justifications. Topics include variables, patterns, functions, and linear algebra. Attention to contemporary issues in curriculum, learning, teaching, technology, and other tools are woven throughout. 4cr.
• SED ME 363: Problem Solving in Mathematics
  This course explores the teaching and learning of mathematics through solving sets of challenging problems. Topics include research on problem solving and how its design and implementation can be supported in the classroom. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area(s): Quantitative Reasoning I, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Critical Thinking.
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  • Quantitative Reasoning I
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • Critical Thinking
• SED ME 503: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Number Systems
  Designed for students majoring in elementary education, special education and deaf education who are preparing to become teachers of children in grades 1-6. Topics include place value, whole numbers and operations, fractions, decimals, and elementary number theory. The emphasis is on exploring, explaining, and justifying mathematical ideas and connecting these ideas to the elementary classroom. 4 cr.
• SED ME 504: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Algebra, Geometry, & Statistics
  Designed for students majoring in elementary education, special education and deaf education who are preparing to become teachers of children in grades 1-6. Topics include pre-algebra, proportional reasoning, geometry, measurement, and statistics. The emphasis is on exploring, explaining, and justifying mathematical ideas and connecting these ideas to the elementary classroom. Prereq: SED ME 503. 4 cr.
• SED ME 506: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: Mathematics, 5-8
  Minimum 150 hours required, Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed pre- requisites. For description, see SED ME507. 4cr.
• SED ME 507: Student-Teaching Practicum: Mathematics, 5-8
  Student teaching: a full- time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a mentor supervising practitioner and a university program supervisor. Fldwk w/ seminar. Meets minimum required hours by DESE. 8 cr.
• SED ME 508: Student-Teaching Practicum: Mathematics, 8-12
  Student teaching: a full- time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a mentor supervising practitioner and a university program supervisor. Fldwk w/ seminar. Meets minimum required hours by DESE. 8 cr.
• SED ME 509: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: Mathematics, 8-12
  Minimum 150 hours required. Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed pre- requisites. For description, see SED ME508. 4cr.
• SED ME 525: Assessment in Mathematics
  Introduces students to the theory and practice of assessment in mathematics. This course prepares teachers to apply research-supported assessment techniques in their classrooms. Discussions about important issues in assessment of students' mathematical learning are included. 2 cr.
• SED ME 530: Equitable Pedagogies in STEM Education
  Focuses on the examination of the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in schools with diverse populations. This course considers how race, gender, class, language and culture affect students' opportunities to learn mathematics and science. Challenges common to urban and rural districts are studied. Instructional activities for teaching mathematics and science to diverse populations are analyzed. 2 cr.

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