EDMC 4479 - Teaching Math and Science in 4th

Credits: 4

An exploration of the practices and problems involved in teaching mathematics and science to fourth and fifth grade students reflective of the National Middle School Association (NMSA) and Ohio Academic Content Standards. The course involves a study of the appropriate methods including teaming and co-teaching needed to create an active learning environment that engages a diverse population of students. Problem solving, inquiry-based teaching and learning, cooperative learning and the use of technology, the nature of science and scientific instruction and diagnostic techniques as they apply to the fourth and fifth grade setting. Special emphasis is given to safety in the science classroom and laboratory. Candidates apply the knowledge and skills obtained from this course in a planned sequence of professional field experiences with young adolescents in a fourth and fifth grade setting under the supervision of qualified university and school-based facility. Coreq: EDMC 4477 and EDMC 4478 4 lecture hours $