EDUF 7131 - Assessment and Management of Elementary Learners (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Assessment and Management emphasizes research-based strategies for assessing student growth and promoting positive classroom environments to enhance student performance. The purpose of this class is to review the major principles of classroom assessment and classroom management, and to teach students to apply these principles in culturally and developmentally appropriate ways. The course provides instruction in identification and development of different forms of classroom assessment, development of learning targets with attention to curriculum alignment within school contexts, and promoting student engagement through the development of positive classroom environments to encourage student growth. The course provides teachers with ways to identify, design, analyze, and use results from student assessments to diagnose problems, improve teaching, and to enhance student learning in culturally responsive ways, as well as means to promote student engagement with a focus on treating students with dignity and respect and the effective use of prevention strategies. Helping future teachers come to understand how to maintain a successful classroom and create accurate assessments is central to their success in education.

Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students