Course Description
Focuses on instructional methods for teaching mathematics and content-area instruction (e.g., science, social studies, English). Students will learn empirically validated methods for teaching students with disabilities in mathematics and supporting instruction in content-area classes. Students will also learn techniques that enhance student learning across all disciplines.
Athena Title
Content-Area Instr for SWD
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDSE 4230E
Prerequisite
EDSE 4220 or EDSE 4220E or permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will apply K–12 mathematics standards to design lessons that align conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.
- Students will implement strategic instructional approaches—including explicit modeling, scaffolded practice, and feedback—to enhance students’ mathematical reasoning and problem-solving.
- Students will use mathematical language purposefully to clarify, model, and reinforce key concepts in early numeracy, fractions, and advanced mathematics.
- Students will develop and deliver lessons that incorporate structured frameworks (e.g., TouchMath, Strategic Math Series, Corrective Math) to support diverse learners’ mastery of foundational math skills.
- Students will design and evaluate learning activities that integrate checks for understanding, formative assessments, and spaced retrieval practice to monitor and improve student learning outcomes.
- Students will facilitate active student participation using structured response strategies (e.g., QFT, QAR, white boards, choral response) to increase engagement and accountability across content areas.
- Students will integrate note-taking routines, exit tickets, and graphic organizers to support students’ retention and transfer of content through cognitive science principles such as interleaving and elaboration.
- Students will evaluate the role of emerging technologies, including AI tools, in enhancing lesson design, instructional efficiency, and student learning outcomes.
Topical Outline
- The Art of Teaching and Its Tools
Math K-12 Standards
Strategic Instruction
- Math Language
Early Numeracy
Touch Math
- The Strategic Math Series
Fluency
Lesson Preparation
- Concept Development in Math
Multiplication and Division
Check for Understanding
- Word Problems
Fluency Applications
- Fractions and Decimals
Corrective Math
Lesson Structures
- Advanced Mathematics
Pacing
- What is Accessible Instruction?
Promoting Student Responses
- Content Area Instruction
Opportunities to Respond
- Constructed Responses in ELA and Social Studies
- Facilitating Group Work and Discussions
- Scaffolded and Strategic Instruction: Make It Stick
- Spaced Retrieval Practice, Interleaving, and Elaboration
- Final Considerations: How to leverage AI for teaching and student learning
