Apr 20, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Education

  
  • EDUC 647 - Advanced Methods in Teaching ESL

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED METHODS IN TCHNG ESL
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the application of evidence-based methods for building the English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of school-aged individuals whose first language is not English. Topics include assessment, instruction, grouping, and intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 672 .
  
  • EDUC 650 - Technology and Cognition

    Credit(s): 3
    TECHNOLOGY AND COGNITION
    Component: Lecture
    Presents major theories of learning and instruction and discusses their relationship to the use of computers in education. Emphasizes learning sciences theories, such as cognitive and socio-cognitive theories, and considers their role in the design and use of educational technology in real world settings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 651 - Diversity and Family School Collaboration

    Credit(s): 3
    DIVERSITY & FAMILY SCH COLLAB
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an ecological view of children in families and the relationships between families and the school system. Topics include family as a system, diverse family shapes in contemporary society, special families in special circumstances and models of intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 652 - Introduction to Assistive Technology

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on assistive technology for exceptional learners in K-12 settings. Prepares special education teachers to identify, evaluate, and use assistive and augmentative technologies to support the education of exceptional learners. Includes attention to design principles, practical applications, legal requirements, and ethical considerations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 653 - Assistive Technology: High Incidence Disabilities

    Credit(s): 3
    ASSISTIVE TECH: HIGH INCIDENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on assistive technology for students with high incidence disabilities, K-12. Includes design principles, practical applications, legal requirements, and ethical considerations. Considers user-centered frameworks for assessment, planning, delivery, and utilization of technologies.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 655 - Assistive Technology: Autism/Severe Disabilities

    Credit(s): 3
    ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: AUT/SEV
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on assistive technology for students with autism/severe disabilities, K-12. Includes design principles, practical applications, legal requirements, and ethical considerations. Considers user-centered frameworks for assessment, planning, delivery, and utilization of technologies.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 656 - eLearning

    Credit(s): 3
    ELEARNING
    Component: Lecture
    Surveys the field of eLearning, identifies the leading learning management systems, and reviews the major trends and issues related to using eLearning to improve educational results. Reflects on the role of eLearning in the National Education Technology Plan.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 658 - Discipline and Classroom Management

    Credit(s): 3
    DISCIPLINE & CLASSROOM MGMT
    Component: Lecture
    A review of discipline procedures, sources of assistance, legal implications, parental roles, management techniques and strategies for developing school discipline policies.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 659 - Urban Schools in Urban Landscapes

    Credit(s): 3
    URBAN SCHL IN URBAN LANDSCPE
    Component: Lecture
    Examines historical, sociocultural, economic, and political perspectives on the urban education experience. Includes consideration of ability, language, race/ethnicity, immigration, and power dynamics. Explores creation of socially just educational environments that address issues of equity and draw upon the resources, opportunities, and challenges in urban contexts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EDUC 663 - Counseling Skills Lab for Counselors and Psychologists

    Credit(s): 3
    COUNS SKLS LAB FOR COUNS & PSY
    Component: Lecture
    Provides students the opportunity to develop skills necessary for facilitating counseling relationships. Students observe, participate in and critique a variety of role playing exercises and actual counseling sessions as a means of mastering particular skills.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 665 - Elementary Statistics

    Credit(s): 3
    ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a conceptual understanding of some useful statistical techniques along with practical computer and statistical skills which will enable the student to answer realistic research questions. Topics include descriptive statistics, regression, exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 666 - Special Problem

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 667 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 669 - Engagement in the General Curriculum for Students with Severe Disabilities

    Credit(s): 3
    ENGAG GEN CURR STU W/SEV DISAB
    Component: Lecture
    Engage in critical analysis, and problem solving exercises through which they will discover instructional strategies designed to engage students with severe disabilities in the general curriculum. Addresses curriculum development and adaptations aligned to the Common Core Curriculum Standards. Research-based instructional strategies and curriculum considerations for teaching students with severe disabilities are included. Participants will use a variety of tools, strategies, and approaches to meet the individual needs of students while engaging in the general curriculum.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 671 - Practicum in School Psychology I

    Credit(s): 3
    PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL PSYCH I
    Component: Practicum
    Provides closely supervised practicum experiences in a school setting (two days weekly) during first year in the school psychology program. This is one of three required practica. Focus is on the practice of cognitive, academic, social-emotional and behavioral assessment skills that are taught in prerequisite courses taken during the first year in the program, with an emphasis on learning to integrate and communicate assessment results to teachers, parents, and others. Students also begin to practice consultation and intervention skills in a school setting.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 618 , EDUC 663 EDUC 817 ; EDUC744/680, EDUC 814 . COREQ: EDUC 830 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • EDUC 672 - Teaching English as a Second Language

    Credit(s): 3
    TCHNG ENGLISH: SECOND LANGUAGE
    Component: Lecture
    Investigation of the literature containing the traditional and modern techniques of teaching the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of American English; and devising and presenting lesson plans.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with LING 672 .
  
  • EDUC 673 - School-to-Adult Life Transitions & Disability

    Credit(s): 3
    SCHOOL-ADULT TRANSITION & DIS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines legislation, research and practices relating to school-to-adult life transition for children and youth with disabilities. Topics include post-school outcomes and transition service models related to further education, employment and independent living; self-determination; family and community agency collaboration; transition assessment and planning.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 674 - Special Education Instruction & Curriculum: Secondary

    Credit(s): 3
    SPEC ED INST & CURR: SEC
    Component: Lecture
    Special education instruction and curriculum focused at the 6-12 levels, including lesson and unit planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and monitoring progress on Individualized Education Programs. Mathematics and content area instruction (social studies, science) are included (6-12).
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 675 - Language Acquisition

    Credit(s): 4
    LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the factors which distinguish human language from animal communication as well as the development of many facets of language (semantics, syntax and phonology). Main emphasis on how children in the first three years acquire language.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 4 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with LING 675 , PSYC 675 .
  
  • EDUC 676 - Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism

    Credit(s): 3
    SCND LANG ACQUISITION & BILING
    Component: Lecture
    Psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and neurolinguistic approaches to Second Language Acquisition (SLA). General models of first and second language learning. SLA within bilingual education programs. The linguistic, psychological and social experiences of the bilingual. Bilingual instruction and models of bilingual education.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 676 .
  
  • EDUC 677 - The Structure of English

    Credit(s): 3
    THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the analysis of English phonology, morphology, and syntax, including comparison of English with other languages.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 677 .
  
  • EDUC 679 - Special Education Instruction & Curriculum: Advanced

    Credit(s): 3
    SPEC ED INSTR & CURR: ADV
    Component: Lecture
    Special education principles and practices associated with effective, evidencebased instruction, assessment, and educational programming for students with high incidence disabilities across K-12. Examines multi-tiered interventions, accommodations, modifications, and services that support access to general education curriculum and inclusive settings, including related IEP considerations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 680 - Educational Evaluation: Exceptional Children & Youth

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUC EVAL: EXC CHILD & YOUTH
    Component: Lecture
    Procedures and practices for the assessment and identification of students with disabilities. Examines legal, ethical, and professional requirements related to assessment and IEPs. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of informal and formal tests used to determine learner’s academic performance, including screening and progress monitoring.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 681 - Techniques for Behavior Change and Positive Behavior Support

    Credit(s): 3
    TECHNIQUES BEH CHANGE AND PBS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on behavioral principles and procedures for creating positive learning environments. Participants will conduct functional behavioral assessments of problem behaviors, implement behavior support plans to strengthen appropriate behaviors, and analyze their effectiveness in educational settings. Participants also will evaluate the ethics of behavioral interventions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 682 - Special Issues in Special Education

    Credit(s): 3
    CRITICAL ISSUES IN SPEC EDUC
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the current context for research, policy, and practice in special education, and reviews methods for analyzing and interpreting empirical research studies. Through a combination of collaborative inquiry and debate, literature reviews, and discussions, become knowledgeable about public controversies affecting the education of students with disabilities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 683 - Practicum in School Psychology II

    Credit(s): 3
    PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL PSYCH II
    Component: Practicum
    Provides closely supervised practicum experiences in a school setting (two days weekly). This is the second of three required practica, with an emphasis on applying advanced counseling skills. Students also continue to learn and apply skills in the areas of assessment, consultation, and intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 671 , EDUC 830 , and EDUC 679 . COREQ: EDUC 841 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EDUC 685 - Multimedia Literacy

    Credit(s): 3
    MULTIMEDIA LITERACY
    Component: Lecture
    Defines multimedia and discusses the impact it is having on society. Surveys applications across the curriculum and reflects on the effects of multimedia on current teaching practice. Provides a multimedia toolbox and shows how to use it to create and publish multimedia applications on the Internet. Discusses multimedia frontiers, emerging technology, and societal issues including human impact, regulation, copyright, fair use, equity, cost and universal access.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with COMM 686 .
  
  • EDUC 686 - Practicum in School Psychology III

    Credit(s): 3
    PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL PYSCH III
    Component: Practicum
    Provides closely supervised practicum experiences in a school setting (two days weekly). This is the third of three required practica, with an emphasis on advanced consultation and intervention skills and integrating and expanding skills in the areas of assessment, counseling, and consultation/intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 683 , EDUC 831 , and EDUC 813 . COREQ: EDUC 841 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • EDUC 688 - Internship in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3-6
    INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOG
    Component: Internship
    Supervised experience in school psychology. Provides experience in a variety of areas, including consultation, psychological and educational assessment, counseling and intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 691 - Applied Statistics and Research Design

    Credit(s): 3
    APPL STAT & RESEARCH DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Designed to develop students’ skills in statistics and research for use in educational practice, and designing and implementing program evaluation projects in educational settings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 692 - Educational Technology Capstone

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUCATIONAL TECH CAPSTONE
    Component: Lecture
    A service learning practicum in which participants form teams to design and develop an educational technology solution in an actual school or workplace. Models metacognitive assessment through a learning community where participants create a shared knowledge base of best practices and tools of Web design.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 693 - Supervision and Professional Development of Educators

    Credit(s): 3
    SPRVSN & PROF DEV OF EDUCATORS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the intellectual, moral, and practical dimensions of supervisory leadership in PK-12 school settings; connects theory and practice related to performance appraisal; and promotes the professional learning of educators.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 697 - Education of Exceptional Children

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUC OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
    Component: Lecture
    Historical and philosophical basis for special education; legislative mandates and litigation that establish the right to a free, appropriate, public education; physical, psychological and educational characteristics of exceptional children; study of past and emerging education practices for exceptional children with emphasis on pedagogical commonalities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 720 - Teacher Leadership in Education Policy

    Credit(s): 3
    TCHR LDRSHP IN ED POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Supports the development of teacher leaders to understand, influence, and implement educational policy in their schools.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 725 - First-Year Teacher Seminar

    Credit(s): 3
    FIRST-YEAR TEACHER SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Teaching seminar for master’s students employed full-time as teachers of record by local school districts.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of department.
  
  • EDUC 729 - Behaviorally Based Teaching Practicum

    Credit(s): 3
    BEHAVIOR BASED TEACH PRACTICUM
    Component: Internship
    Supervised practicum involves instructional activities in a classroom serving students with autism and other severe disabilities and serves as the capstone course of the autism certification.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 624 , EDUC 625 , EDUC 626  and EDUC 681 .
  
  • EDUC 732 - Community Based Practicum

    Credit(s): 1-3
    COMMUNITY BASED PRACTICUM
    Component: Independent Study
    Provides graduate students with a community based field experience working with children and adolescents in a variety of non-school settings such as after-school programs, community centers, and residential facilities. Sociocultural approaches to conducting research in these settings is examined.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
  
  • EDUC 735 - Data Based Decision Making and Assessment

    Credit(s): 3
    DATA BASED DEC MAKING/ASSMT
    Component: Lecture
    Prepares aspiring PK-12 leaders to understand, manage, and use data for student assessment, instructional planning, and school improvement. Online course.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 740 - Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

    Credit(s): 3
    LITRCY FOR ENGSH LANG LEARNERS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on effective literacy instruction for English Language Learners in the elementary and middle school levels in the following areas: language development, vocabulary instruction, decoding, reading fluency, comprehension strategy instruction, and motivation and engagement.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 741 - Diversity in ESL Classrooms

    Credit(s): 3
    DIVERSITY IN ESL CLASSROOMS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on pedagogical strategies to address the needs of English Language Learners at K-12 and higher education levels. Examines linguistic and cultural skills that optimize learning, cross-cultural communication, student participation, and conflict resolution within diverse classrooms. Field experience included.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 742 - Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language

    Credit(s): 3-6
    TESL PRACTICUM
    Component: Independent Study
    Closely supervised experiences in various school and community settings. Provides the opportunity to develop and practices skills in teaching English as a Second Language to non-native English speakers.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 744 - Educational Assessment and Progress Monitoring

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUC ASSMT & PROGRESS MONITOR
    Component: Lecture
    Course addresses measurement issues related to academic assessment such as norms, reliability and validity. Administer and interpret standardized and curriculum-based assessments of academic skills. Curriculum-based measurement for progress monitoring is taught within a response to intervention model.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 745 - Collaborative Teaming in Special Education

    Credit(s): 3
    COLLABORATIVE TEAMS SPEC. ED.
    Component: Lecture
    Examines key components of successful teams serving students with special education needs. Skills to be developed include setting common goals, identifying and solving problems creatively, communicating effectively, and implementing and evaluating education plans that address student, family, and system needs.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 746 - Capstone: Intern in School Library Media

    Credit(s): 1
    INTERNSHP IN SCH LIBRARY MEDIA
    Component: Lecture
    Capstone experience for candidates pursuing the School Library Media Course of Study. Ten hours in each of three school library placements in an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.
    Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: EDLM 621 , EDLM 622 , EDLM 625 , EDLM 628 , EDUC 602 , EDUC 603 , or permission by instructor.
  
  • EDUC 749 - Teaching Methods for Secondary Classroom

    Credit(s): 3
    TCHNG MTHDS/SECONDARY CLSROOM
    Component: Lecture
    Students will examine research-supported best practices in secondary classroom pedagogy from a number of published sources. They will design learning activities for their own classrooms, execute them, and reflect on the student responses.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 750 - Graduate Teaching Internship

    Credit(s): 3-9
    GRADUATE TEACHING INTERNSHIP
    Component: Internship
    Full-time extended teaching internship in a classroom setting. Students are under the guidance and supervision of a mentor teacher in the classroom and a University of Delaware supervisor.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: Must show evidence of passing Praxis I and complete all other prerequisite coursework specified in the student’s program requirements. Evidence of passing Praxis II for content area may be required in some programs.
  
  • EDUC 753 - Special Education Instruction and Curriculum: Introduction

    Credit(s): 3
    SPEC ED INST & CURR: INTRO
    Component: Lecture
    Foundations of special education instruction and curriculum across the grade levels, including models of instruction, lesson planning, setting instructional goals and objectives, implementing education Programs and instructional adaptations. Introduction to IEPs and literacy instruction (reading and writing curriculum [K-3] and methods) is included.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 754 - Special Education Instruction and Curriculum: Elementary

    Credit(s): 3
    SPEC ED INST & CURR: ELEM
    Component: Lecture
    Special education instruction and curriculum focused at the K-5 levels, including lesson and unit planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and monitoring progress on Individualized Education Programs. Mathematics and content area instruction (social studies, science) are included (K-5).
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 757 - Diagnosis & Instruction In Literacy

    Credit(s): 3
    DIAG & INSTR LITERACY
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on teaching reading and writing to elementary and secondary students with disabilities. Reviews foundational concepts about literacy development and problems. Addresses methods of diagnosing literacy problems and instructional methods for decoding, comprehension, and writing, including in the content areas.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 762 - Digital Literacies

    Credit(s): 3
    DIGITAL LITERACIES
    Component: Lecture
    Critically examines complex multimodal digital environments by comparing traditionally printed and digital texts. Students will develop their own multimodal presentations utilizing web-based tools. Strategies for preparing K-12 students to read and write multimodal texts will be explored. This course is delivered online.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 763 - Supervised Reading Clinic II

    Credit(s): 3
    SUPERVISED READING CLINIC II
    Component: Lecture
    Supervised practice in assessing and instructing students who struggle with reading and writing. Participants will have opportunities to implement and discuss a wide range of instructional approaches, methods, and materials as they work closely with students. This course is delivered online
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 608  and EDUC 609  or permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 767 - SEMINAR

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 768 - Coaching Teachers

    Credit(s): 3
    COACHING TEACHERS
    Component: Lecture
    Consistent with IRA standards, introduces teacher study group formats for knowledge building and coaching cycles for formative coaching. Compares and contrasts prominent coaching models and provides tools for building a site-based hybrid model. Includes a practicum project. This course is delivered online.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 772 - Understanding Teacher Leadership

    Credit(s): 3
    UNDERSTAND TEACHER LEADERSHIP
    Component: Lecture
    Promotes understanding of education standards and self as a leader. Familiarizes candidates with existing literature and research base for teacher leadership.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 773 - Action Research

    Credit(s): 3
    ACTION RESEARCH
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the major tenets of action research and prepares candidates to conduct school-based and classroom-based action research and communicate findings of research to multiple stakeholders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 774 - Designing Professional Development

    Credit(s): 3
    DESIGNING PROF DEVELOPMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Contributes to the understanding of professional development and its impact on pupil learning. Supports monitoring and assessment of professional development impact.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 775 - Found Skills and Common Core Standards

    Credit(s): 3
    FOUND SKILLS/COMMON CORE STD
    Component: Lecture
    Addresses the foundational skills portion of the Common Core State Standards. This essential knowledge is important for teacher leaders in elementary school curriculum design and for tiered instruction in middle school and high school.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 776 - Promoting Equitable Schools

    Credit(s): 3
    PROMOTING EQUITABLE SCHOOLS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores how schooling structures, practices and policies produce or resist educational equity for diverse families, cultures and communities. Identifies challenges and opportunities at the classroom and school-wide levels to engage families and communities in efforts to provide equitable opportunities and outcomes for all students.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 777 - Fostering Technology Based Collaboration

    Credit(s): 3
    FOSTER TECH BASED COLLAB
    Component: Lecture
    Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 802 - Reading Development and Instruction

    Credit(s): 3
    READNG DEVELOPMT & INSTRUCTION
    Component: Lecture
    Seminar designed to develop broad understanding of theory and research in reading relevant to educational settings. Addresses cognitive development, learning, motivation, assessment, and instruction with a special focus on struggling learners.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 804 - How People Learn

    Credit(s): 3
    HOW PEOPLE LEARN
    Component: Lecture
    The contributions of different theoretical perspectives and research paradigms that characterize the interdisciplinary Learning Sciences field are addressed. Research on learning and thinking in different content areas, cultures, and contexts and the practical and pedagogical implications of evidence-based claims about how people learn are explored.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 805 - Proseminar in Education I

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR IN EDUCATION I
    Component: Lecture
    Required first-year seminar introduces PhD students to key domains of education research examined from the perspective of qualitative data collection methods and analyses. Topics include school reform, social contexts of education, teacher education, learning and development, and curriculum and instruction.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ: EDUC 850 .
  
  • EDUC 806 - Proseminar in Education II

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR IN EDUCATION II
    Component: Lecture
    Required first-year seminar presents PhD students with key domains of education research and dominant quantitative research designs and statistical procedures used to investigate these domains. Topics include curriculum and instruction, social contexts of education, school reform, learning, development, and psychological foundations of education.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 805 . COREQ: EDUC 856 .
  
  • EDUC 807 - Writing Development and Instruction

    Credit(s): 3
    WRITNG DEVELOPMT & INSTRUCTION
    Component: Lecture
    Seminar designed to develop broad understanding of theory and research in writing relevant to educational settings. Addresses cognitive development, learning, motivation, assessment, and instruction with a special focus on struggling learners.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 809 - Politics and Public Relations within School Systems

    Credit(s): 3
    POL/PUB REL WITHIN SCH SYSTEMS
    Component: Discussion
    Focuses on communications, politics, and public relations among schools, district, and community constituencies.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 812 - Regression and Structural Equation Modeling

    Credit(s): 3
    REGRESSION & STRCT EQ MODELING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces theory and application of regression and structural equation modeling. Topics include: regression, logistic regression, path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, structural regression models, and latent growth models.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 813 - Childhood Psychopathology

    Credit(s): 3
    CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of various developmental and behavioral disorders in childhood. Seminar will examine the issues of diagnosis and treatment theoretical perspectives. Special emphasis on current major psychological research.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with PSYC 845 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 814 - Psychological Assessment of Children

    Credit(s): 3
    PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESS OF CHILDR
    Component: Lecture
    Assessment techniques used to evaluate the social, emotional and behavioral well-being of children and adolescents. Provides instruction and experience in selecting, administering and interpreting psychological tests; the use of classification systems for defining learning, behavioral, and emotional problems in public schools; training in report writing and the development of educational recommendations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor and program area.
  
  • EDUC 815 - Design of Learning Environments

    Credit(s): 3
    DESIGN OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Issues in designing and evaluating learning environments, including those that are technological in nature, that foster deep learning, thinking, and reasoning for a variety of learners (e.g., teachers, P-16 learners, nurses, medical residents) in formal and informal settings.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 817 - Individual Intelligence Testing

    Credit(s): 3
    INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE TESTIN
    Component: Lecture
    Administration and interpretation of major individually administered intelligence tests used in school and child clinical psychology. Five tests will be highlighted: the Stanford Binet, EISC-R, WPPSI, WAIS-R and K-ABC.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 818 - Educational Technology Foundations

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUC TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of the following topics related to planning and using educational technology: instructional technology models; internet resources; web design; networking and database fundamentals; educational technology standards; technology integration strategies; assessment and evaluation; societal, legal and ethical issues; and collaborative planning of technology programs.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 819 - Disciplinary Knowledge/Learning Sciences

    Credit(s): 3
    DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE
    Component: Lecture
    The structure of the discipline (e.g., language and literacy, reading, math, science) is used to consider how instruction should be designed in the disciplines in light of the theories and the learning environments we create.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 822 - Critical Issues in Literacy Development

    Credit(s): 3
    CRITICAL ISSUES/LITERACY DEV
    Component: Lecture
    Explores current issues regarding policy, curriculum and instruction, assessment, professional development, and theory in literacy and special education. Examines literacy policy, readings, and current controversies. Includes a focus on federal legislation (both in general and special education) and national reform efforts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 825 - Proseminar: Social and Urban Policy

    Credit(s): 3
    PROSEMINAR:SOCIAL&URBAN POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Social policy attempts to promote the well-being of individuals, families and communities through public action. Explores efforts to address social and economic problems in urban society. Considers differential policy impacts by social class, race/ethnicity, gender and age. Topics: welfare, housing, social security, health, education, criminal justice and employment.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with UAPP 823  and HDFS 823 .
  
  • EDUC 826 - Mixed Methods in Social Science Research

    Credit(s): 3
    MIXED METHODS/SOC SCI RESEARCH
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the theoretical, conceptual and procedural issues in mixed methods approaches to research in education and the social sciences. Emphasis is placed on students’ application of mixed methods to real research and evaluation problems.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 827 - Analysis of Secondary Data for Decision Making

    Credit(s): 3
    ANALY SEC DATA FOR DEC MAKING
    Component: Lecture
    Emphasizes the analysis of secondary data sources using quantitative methods for planning and decision-making in educational contexts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 828 - Research in Educational Decision Making

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH IN EDUC DEC MAKING
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the research methods used for the purpose of evaluating educational research and the use of research in educational decision-making.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 830 - Consultation and Intervention: School Discipline

    Credit(s): 3
    CONSULT & INTRVNTION: SCH DISC
    Component: Lecture
    Surveys the major theoretical approaches and research related to consultation and intervention involving the school-age child. Provides skills in consultation and intervention techniques employed by school psychologists, counselors and other professionals working with teachers, parents and administrators.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to School Psychology students.
  
  • EDUC 831 - Advanced Counseling Techniques with Children and Adolescents

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV COUNSL TECH W/CHILD & ADOL
    Component: Lecture
    The application of brief therapy techniques with children and adolescents from diverse backgrounds. Attention is given to a solution-focused perspective and specific intervention strategies for frequently encountered school problems.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 663 . COREQ: EDUC 671 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 832 - Advanced Practicum in School Psychology

    Credit(s): 3-12
    ADV PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL PSYCH
    Component: Practicum
    Students will work in school, clinic or community settings under supervision to further develop their applied skills.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 12 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Permission of instructor; enrollment limited to PhD students in school psychology or closely related field of study.
  
  • EDUC 833 - Research/Theory of Math Learning

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH/THRY OF MATH LEARNING
    Component: Discussion
    Examines research and theories of mathematics learning. Traces development of mathematical thinking from grades K to 12. Examines factors that influence the nature of what and how mathematics is learned.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 834 - Research/Theory of Math Teaching

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH/THRY OF MATH TEACHING
    Component: Discussion
    Examines research and theories of mathematics teaching in grades K-12. Explores components of classroom teaching, relationships between methods of teaching and students’ learning, and the factors that influence the selection of teaching methods.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 833  or permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 835 - Research/Theory of Math Curriculum

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH/THRY:MATH CURRICULUM
    Component: Discussion
    Examines research and theories of mathematics curricula, grades K-12. Analyzes features of traditional and reform curricula, and issues of curricula design and implementation.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 836 - Research/Theory of Math Teacher Education and School Improvement

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH/THRY:MATH TEACHER ED
    Component: Discussion
    Examines research and theories of mathematics teacher education and school improvement, grades K-12. Studies factors that influence the effectiveness of mathematics teacher education programs and factors that support teacher learning in schools.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 835  or permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 838 - Research Issues in Math Education

    Credit(s): 1
    RESRCH ISSUES: MATH EDUCATION
    Component: Discussion
    Examines current issues in mathematics education from methodological and conceptual perspectives. Design and critique local research projects.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    PREREQ: Admission to doctoral program.
  
  • EDUC 839 - Education Policy and Governance

    Credit(s): 3
    EDUCATION POLICY & GOVERNANCE
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the structure of educational policy, governance, and law, with emphasis on the policy process, politics of education, and policy implementation.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 840 - Research Colloquium in Education

    Credit(s): 1-3
    RESRCH COLLOQUIUM IN EDUCATION
    Component: Lecture
    A detailed analysis of the research currently under way at the University of Delaware and other institutions, including doctoral dissertations, that has application to human learning in an educational environment.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to Ph.D. and advanced master’s students.
  
  • EDUC 841 - Consultation and Intervention: Mental Health

    Credit(s): 3
    CONSULT & INTERVT: MENTAL HLTH
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced theories of consultation (e.g. Mental Health, Conjoint Behavioral Consultation) through discussion and application in the schools. Crisis intervention and conducting a school needs assessment with emphasis on individual and systems level consultation and intervention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 830 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 842 - Assessment of Special Populations

    Credit(s): 3
    ASSMT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Methods of assessing the needs and strengths of young children, ages birth to 5, and children with low incidence disabilities (including physical, cognitive, and sensory). Planning interventions that include progress monitoring within a response to intervention model.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  
  • EDUC 844 - Intermediate Regression and ANOVA

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERMEDIATE REGRESSION/ANOVA
    Component: Lecture
     This is an intermediate applied statistics course focused on linear statistical modeling procedures (e.g., regression, ANOVA) in education research. Topics include model specification of non-parametric procedures, assumptions, post-hoc analyses, interactions, diagnostic and remedial techniques, and data visualization. It emphasizes guidelines for selecting statistical tests, computer-aided computation, and interpretation of results.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: This doctoral-level course covers ANOVA and Regression at an intermediate level. Students will gain more from this course if they have successfully completed at least one introductory level graduate course (e.g., EDUC856).
  
  • EDUC 846 - Collection & Analysis of Data for Decision Making

    Credit(s): 3
    COLL/ANALYS DATA DEC MAKING
    Component: Lecture
    Emphasizes the collection and analysis of qualitative and survey data for planning and decision-making in educational contexts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 848 - Seminar in Language Development

    Credit(s): 3
    SEM:LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Covers aspects of semantic, syntactic and phonological development through examination of current research and theory in the field. Treats educational implications of language development.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with CGSC 848 , LING 848 .
  
  • EDUC 850 - Qualitative Research in Educational Settings

    Credit(s): 3
    QUALITATIVE RESRCH IN EDUCATN
    Component: Lecture
    Theory and practice are combined as students critique exemplary qualitative studies, explore theoretical frameworks and conduct short-term field research activities designed to develop students’ capacity to collect and analyze qualitative data. First part of a two-semester introduction to qualitative research.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 852 - Critical and Interpretive Methods in Education Research

    Credit(s): 3
    CRITICAL/INTERP MTHDS:ED RESEA
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to non-social science approaches to educational inquiry such as philosophy, history, legal studies and others. Stresses epistemological and normative assumptions underlying education research programs. Selected relevant controversies are examined.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 853 - Topics: Culturally Relevant Pedagogies

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS: CULT. RELEVANT PEDAG
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on diverse theories and practices and investigates the role of multiple communities and cultures in establishing relevant and responsive pedagogies. Specific topics change each semester/year.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 854 - Topics: Equity in Education

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS: EQUITY IN EDUCATION
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the complex ways that educational (in)equity is produced, negotiated, and contested across educational settings and within broader political, economic, social and historical contexts. Specific topics change each semester/year.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 855 - Topics: Sociocultural Theories of Education

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIOCULTURAL THEORIES
    Component: Lecture
    Provides theoretical frameworks for examining the complex ways in which cultural, societal, community, and institutional practices and policies continually shape the processes of teaching and learning across a variety of formal and nonformal educational settings. Specific topics change each semester/year.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • EDUC 856 - Introduction to Statistical Inference

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Quantitative analysis topics include describing univariate and bivariate data distributions, calculating and interpreting summary statistics, the logic of least squares estimation, the rudiments of probability theory, selected probability models and their interrelationships, the logic of null hypothesis testing, interval estimation and selected inferential techniques.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: EDUC 665  or equivalent RESTRICTIONS: Requires admission to doctoral program.
  
  • EDUC 857 - Teaching in Higher Education

    Credit(s): 3
    TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    Component: Discussion
    An elective course for graduate students who intend to teach at the college or university level. Learn about course design and effective teaching practices as well as acquire practical experience in teaching with extensive guidance and support.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to doctoral students in CEHD; otherwise instructor permission required.
  
  • EDUC 858 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV QUALITATIVE RESEARCH MTHDS
    Component: Lecture
    Designed for advanced graduate students who plan to use qualitative methods in their dissertation. Focus on theoretical frameworks, computerized data analysis strategies, and writing techniques. Students are expected to come to class already having completed some data collection.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Successful completion of a graduate level introductory qualitative research course. RESTRICTIONS: Doctoral students or advanced master’s students only.
 

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