Course Description
Focuses on instructional approaches, strategies, and materials for addressing the academic needs of students with high-incidence disabilities. Emphasis is placed on research-based instructional methods spanning grades K-12.
Athena Title
Instr Student High Incidence
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDSE 7220E
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The objectives for this course are designed so that the student will: • Delineate teacher competencies and professional standards for special education • Describe empirically validated methods for teaching mathematics, science, and social studies • Increase student performance in learning activities through various instructional approaches, such as direct instruction, individualized instruction, and cognitive strategy instruction • Understand the connection between assessment and instruction by becoming familiar with a variety of classroom- based assessment procedures, including curriculum-based measurement, error analysis, teacher-created criterion referenced tests, and commercial assessments • Increase the ability to identify educational problems and follow a process orientation toward problem solutions and curriculum and instructional modifications • Discuss current issues that impact on the field of special education (e.g., diversity, assessment practices, inclusion) • Implement strategic instruction based upon ongoing assessment and make appropriate instructional decisions based upon those data
Topical Outline
• Overview of Evidenced-Based Instruction • What is Strategic Instruction? (Direct Instruction) • Planning and Implementation of an Intervention • Mathematics o Assessment in Mathematics o Error Analysis o Strategic Instruction (Constant Time Delay; Peer Tutoring; Corrective Math) • Science o Big Ideas (5E Model) o Vocabulary Strategies • Social Studies o Graphic Organizers in Social Studies o Mnemonic strategies • Study Skills and Test Taking Strategies • Assistive Technology for learning in the content areas
Syllabus