EDS705 E-12 Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction Systems (3 cr.)

This course examines curricular design models as well as the integral connection between curriculum, assessment, and instruction. Strategies to align curriculum design, assessment processes, and research-based instructional strategies, including those for literacy and numeracy, are investigated and applied. Using technology to enhance instruction is explored. The selection of learning materials to support the curriculum, assessment, and instruction system is examined.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Design instructional strategies that incorporate each of the following into an organization’s practice and routine: inclusion, multiple intelligences, personalized learning, learning styles, constructivism, authentic assessment, and inquiry.
2. Design a process for selecting curricular materials selection process that are developmentally appropriate.
3. Design an inclusive learning environment.
4. Analyze different theories and perspectives relating to class, gender, race, and ethnicity.
5. Utilize technology to design curriculum, assessment, and instruction.
6. Apply strategies that align curriculum design, assessment practices, and research-based instructional strategies.
7. Create an effective educational decision-making process that solicits input from all constituents, informs constituents of the process to be employed, synthesizes the information presented, and communicates a decision’s rationale.