I. Descriptive Information:
Course Description: 3 hours graduate
credit
Meeting Times:
Monday Evenings 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Beginning January 28, 2002 through April 29, 2002
Class time will also be spent on Blackboard Forum
Intended Audience: K - 8 Educators
II. Course Goals and Objectives:
A. General Goals:
1) To increase teacher participants’ content knowledge in the area of
physics;
2) To increase the awareness of inquiry science and how to effectively
implement this teaching strategy in the classroom;
3) To increase the ability of teacher participants in identifying and
correlating lessons to the S.C. Science Curriculum Standards;
4) To increase the ability of teacher participants in developing original
classroom lessons centered around inquiry and learning cycle-based design;
5) To increase the ability of teacher participants in the designing
of effective assessments.
III. Course Readings:
A. Required Text:
Sarquis, J., Sarquis, M., Williams, J.(1995). Teaching Physics with Toys, Middletown, Ohio: Terrific Science Press.
Gertz, Portman, Sarquis, M., (1996). Teaching
Physical Science through Children’s
Literature, Middletown, Ohio: Terrific Science Press.
B. Supplemental Readings:
* Selected related articles will be provided and assigned using Blackboard
Discussion;
* South Carolina Science Curriculum Standards and National Science
Education Standards.
IV. Instructional Strategies:
Lecturing, questioning, discussion, inquiry activities, cooperative learning, text and additional readings, standards correlations, assessment strategies, and reflections.
V. Course Requirements:
A. Administrative Requirements:
* Attendance Policy: As a part of your professional development, class attendance and punctuality is expected. If you miss a class, you are responsible for checking with classmates to see if there were any changes in scheduling or assignments.
Honor Code: The following statement should appear on all graded
assignments:
"On my honor as a University of South Carolina-Aiken student, I have
neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment/examination.
To the best of my knowledge I am not in violation of academic honesty."
_____________________ (signature)
* Disabled Students: If you have a physical or learning disability
which might affect your performance in this class, please contact Disabled
Student Services (126A B&E Building ? 803-641-3609) as soon as possible.
Once an evaluation has been made, appropriate accommodations will be determined.
B, Required Activities: The following assignments and activities will be used in evaluating your level of achievement in this course. Criterion sheets for each assignment will be provided when an assignment is made. The instructor reserves the right to change and/or delete assignments. Assignments should be typed unless otherwise specified. Computers for word processing are available in B&E 238.
* Point Values for Assignments:
15 Discussion/Participation/Attendance
15 Lesson Evaluations/Reflections (Journal
Entries)
15 Blackboard Forum on classroom lessons and
articles
25 Assessment
40 Project including video
40 Final Exam
150 Total Points
VI. Grading Scale:
100% - 94% = A
93% - 90% = B+
89% - 85% = B
84% - 82% = C+
81% - 78% = C
77% - 74% = D+
73% - 70% = D
Below 70% = F