Oct 04, 2024  
The Elmira College Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year 
    
The Elmira College Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog 2024-2025 Academic Year
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EDU 5132 - Chemistry Practicum I


credits: 3.0
Designed to facilitate candidates enrolled in the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program’s practical application of curriculum design and implementation within a secondary chemistry classroom. The emphasis of this course is the use of models in teaching chemistry and the development of lab experiences in the secondary education (grades 7-12) classroom. This course has both a seminar component and a field-based practicum component . Objectives: A) Create learning experiences that engage learners in critical thinking and creativity; B) Design and implement learning activities aligned with New York State’s Next Generation Science-Chemistry Standards and the National Science Teachers Association; C) Engage in reflective analysis to improve instructional planning and practice; D) Conduct demonstrations of the use of models and hands-on activities relevant to the chemistry curriculum; E) Design laboratory experiments to test a hypothesis. Method of Instruction: Lectures, Discussions, Readings, Demonstrations, and Modeling. Method of Evaluation: Two formative assessments of teaching; Two chemistry learning segments (one learning segment must include the use of models to teach chemistry) (three to five lesson plans each); Participation in collaborative peer review sessions of learning segments; Collaborative Peer Review Report; and Presentation of three designed labs.

Co-Requisite(s): with RDG 5300 .



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