274 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


EDS 604-CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY. 4 credits
 Guided experiences in developing resource units for teaching and in the writing
 of courses of study.
 EDS 605-EVALUATION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAM. 4 credits
 Procedures and techniques of evaluation in secondary schools.
 EDS 611-THE CORE PROGRAM IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Organization, methods, and materials used in core classes.
 EDS 630-INDIVIDUAL WORK. 2 to 5 credits
 For advanced students who wish to study problems in secondary education
 under faculty guidance. May be repeated with change of content up to a maximum
 of 15 credits.
 EDS 635-SUPERVISION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS. 4 credits
 Function of the directing teacher in the student teaching program and problems
 and procedures of supervising the work of student teachers.
 EDS 640-SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: Preparation in the subject area equivalent to requirements for high
 school certification. Problems of teaching social studies.
 EDS 641-ECONOMIC EDUCATION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Workshop designed to increase understanding of our national economy by a
 study of fundamental principles and concepts, and to plan for more and better
 teaching of economic understandings. Offered by extension only.
 EDS 650-MATHEMATICS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: Preparation in subject area equivalent to requirements for high
 school certification. Patterns of mathematics curriculum in the secondary school;
 practices in teaching mathematics; preparation, selection, and use of instructional
 materials; laboratory experiences in field work and in classroom teaching.
 EDS 651-ALGEBRA IN THE MODERN SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: EDS 650. Content and development of algebra with emphasis on
 teaching in the modern secondary school.
 EDS 653-LABORATORY APPROACH TO MATHEMATICS. 3 to 6 credits
 Rationale for the use of investigatory experiences with objects in the mathe-
 matics curriculum. Involvement in planning laboratory facilities and activities for
 classroom use. Analysis of the problem of teaching mathematics to low achievers.
 EDS 660-SCIENCE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: Preparation in subject area equivalent to requirements for high
school certification. Current problems in teaching science in secondary schools and
junior colleges.
EDS 663-THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Current practices in teaching biology; historical and psychological bases from
which they evolved; methods of inquiry; the structure of biology with selected
concepts from the newer programs developed by investigatory approaches.
EDS 664-THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. 4 credits
 Current practices in the teaching of the physical sciences; historical and psycho-
logical bases from which they evolved; methods of inquiry; the structure of physics
and/or chemistry with selected concepts from the newer physics and chemistry
programs developed by investigatory approaches.
EDS 666-THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE TO EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED
 UNDERACHIEVERS. 4 credits
 Preparation to teach science to economically deprived, underachieving youth.