EDU 3418 - Teaching and Assessing Children of Poverty

Credits: 3

This course will focus study on purposeful teaching and assessment, specifically as they relate to children of poverty. Topics will include trends in teaching students in poverty, brain-based learning, growing with purpose, early literacy and language development, and use of experiences of children in poverty. Authentic formative and summative assessment processes will be explored to provide guidance for teachers evaluating children in poverty.

Prerequisite(s): None
Undergraduate