Course Schedule: Classroom Interactions
Fall 2005
Dr. Jennifer Smith
There are five broad topics that we will cover in this course: Teacher-student interactions, Student-student interactions, Design and implementation of appropriate math and science learning activities, Development of a classroom community, and Practical teaching observation and experience.
We will endeavor to follow the schedule below, though topics and readings may change. The dates of the field experiences will not change. Readings are contained in your course packet, unless noted otherwise. Note that the readings in the packet are in alphabetical order by author. A reading list has been provided to make locating the readings as easy as possible. Please read the assigned articles before class on the date listed.
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment Due |
Thrs 9/1 |
Course introduction; Card sort activity |
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Tues 9/6 |
Electronic journal overview; Student-centered classroom environments Sign up: field placements |
Clough, 1992
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Create journal
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Thrs 9/8 |
Structuring student-centered lessons |
Schoenfeld, 1988 Barman et al, 1996 |
Journal entry 1 |
Tues 9/13 |
Structuring student-centered lessons Mentor Teacher Meeting at Crockett, 5:00-6:00 |
Hiebert (ch 3), 2003 Penick, 1991 |
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Thrs 9/15 |
Lesson planning overview
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Brooks & Brooks, 1997 5-E Overview
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Journal entry 2 (Mentor Teacher Interview) |
Tues 9/20 |
Group lesson planning
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Relevant TEKS for your subject (online) Edwards et al, 1999 Chissick, 2004 |
Draft of lessons for Teach 1 |
Thrs 9/22 |
Teacher-student interactions: questioning |
SATIC Overview Manouchehi & Lapp, 2003 |
Journal entry 3 |
Tues 9/27 |
Teacher-student interactions: wait time |
Rowe, 1986 Penick et al, 1996 |
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Thrs 9/29 |
Practice and revise lessons |
Gerver & Srgoi, 2003 |
Journal entry 4 Final lesson draft |
Tues 10/4 |
No class (teach 1) |
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Thrs 10/6 |
No class (teach 1)
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Journal entry 5 (Reflection on teach 1) |
Tues 10/11 |
Debrief from teaching experience What do we need to work on before we teach again? |
Luft, 1999 Marzano & Marzano, 2003
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Thrs 10/13 |
Teaching vignettes: classroom management
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Evertson & Harris, 1992 Clough, Smasal, & Clough, 1994 |
Journal entry 6 |
Tues 10/18 |
Teacher-student interactions: making sense of science and math |
Ellis, 2003 Roehrig et al, 2001
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Thrs 10/20 |
Facilitating student interactions: structuring cooperative learning |
Johnson et al, 1984 Leikin & Zaslavsky, 1999 |
Journal entry 7
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Tues 10/25 |
Structuring student-centered lessons (reprise) |
Breyfogle & Herbel-Eisenmann, 2004 |
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Thrs 10/27 |
Standards-based teaching, Group lesson planning |
Selections from national standards for your subject (online) |
Journal entry 8 |
Tues 11/1 |
Standards-based teaching, assessment |
Kastberg, 2003 Williams, 2003 Murphy, 1999 |
Draft of lessons for Teach 1 |
Thrs 11/3 |
Equity – awareness-building activity |
Fine (ch 1), 1991
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Journal entry 9 |
Tues 11/8 |
Equity – vignettes and jigsaw discussion of readings |
TBA readings (will be posted on Blackboard) |
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Thrs 11/10 |
Developing a classroom community |
Hiebert (ch 4), 2003, |
Journal entry 10 Final lesson draft |
Tues 11/15 |
No class (teach 2)
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Thrs 11/17 |
No class (teach 2)
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Journal entry 11 (Reflection on teach 2) |
Tues 11/22 |
Debrief from Teach 2 Where do we go from here? |
Bianchini, 1997 |
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Thrs 11/24 |
No class (Thanksgiving) |
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Tues 11/29 |
Motivating students |
Chazan, 2000 |
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Thrs 12/1 |
Video analysis |
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Journal entry 12 |
Tues 12/6 |
Video analysis |
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Thrs 12/8 |
Video analysis |
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Journal entry 13 |
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Final exam |
Presentations of teaching experience |
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Final reflection paper |