EDU 220: Planning and Assessing for Diverse Learners

Goal: To introduce students to instructional strategies and the processes required to plan, teach, and assess elementary lessons across content areas.
Content: In this course, students will study research-based methods, strategies, models, and theories for instructional planning for elementary students. These theories and strategies will include planning for differentiation for diverse learners, development of engaging, innovation lessons, differentiated instruction that supports inclusive practice for English Language Learners, students with disabilities, gifted students, and other populations, and using formal and informal assessment to guide instructional decisions. The course theme will also center around the notion of designing instruction for the 21st Century mind.
Field Experience Hours: 20
Prerequisite(s): EDU 201; EDU 219 will be taken simultaneously or as a prerequisite.
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Undergraduate