IMPORTANT: You must register directly with the university offering these courses. Each university/college has developed its own PrISM Oregon webpage where program, course, and registration information is available. Please consult the following PrISM webpages for course registration instructions:
TUITION: The seven colleges and universities have agreed to a common,
equivalent PrISM tuition level. The formula for converting between quarter-term
and semester credits is: Semester credit hours x 1.5 = number of quarter credit
hours; quarter credit hours x .67 = number of semester credit hours. Three quarter-term credits is equivalent to two semester credits. A 3-credit quarter-term-based course at a public university has a tuition of $1,102; a 2-credit semester-based course at an independent college/university has a tuition of $1,102.
TUITION ASSISTANCE: Partial tuition assistance (50% to 60%) is available
for teachers employed in Oregon schools through a Title II-A University/School
Partnership grant. Spring 2011 is the final term that we will have tuition assistance available. Click on Tuition Assistance in the navigation bar on the
left and submit a tuition assistance request after you register for your course(s).
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510
The Young Child As Scientist
Instructor: Chaille
Credits: 3 quarter term credits
Dates: 06/20/11 — 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Register: Register at Portland State University
Explore developmentally appropriate science for preschool and primary school age children. Activities will focus on experimentation and problem solving. Using the book by Chaille and Britain, The Young Child As Scientist, experience and design activities for young children around three questions that derive from traditional science content: "Can I make it move?," "Can I make it change?," and "How does it fit?" Through this process, participants will learn more about constructivist teaching and curriculum, particularly as applied to science education.
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MATHEMATICS FOCUS COURSES
MATH 502 The Power of Data: Probability and Statistics as Tools for Educational Change
Content:
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 502
The Power of Data: Probability and Statistics as Tools for Educational Change
Instructor: Deborah Barany
Credits: 2 semester credits
Dates: 07/18/11 — 08/05/11, 2 hours daily, M-F, 11:30am-1:30pm
Delivery Method: 3-weeks, face-to-face
Register: http://www.lclark.edu/graduate/offices/registrar/prism/
Designed specifically for K-12 teachers of mathematics, this course aims to build foundational as well as pedogical content knowledge in the following topic areas: elements of statistics; organizing, displaying and describing data; probability; probability distributions; sampling; prediction; estimation; correlation; regression. Students will have an opportunity to analyze data sets from a variety of sources, including the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the U.S. Census Bureau. Texas Instruments graphing calculators and Fathom statistical software will be used throughout the course.
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 527
Algebra for All
Instructor: Cathy Varner
Credits: 2 semester credits
Dates: 06/27/11 — 07/15/11, 2 hours daily, M-F, 11:30am-1:30pm
Delivery Method: 3-weeks, face-to-face
Register: http://www.lclark.edu/graduate/offices/registrar/prism/
Increasingly in our democracy, informed citizens must understand the fundamentals of algebra and demonstrate an ability to think algebraically. This course explores methods of supporting all students in mastering these skills - a new requirement for the Oregon diploma. Participants will review relevant research, explore the history of Algebra in the American curriculum, and examine strategies that foster the teaching and learning of algebra throughout a student's mathematical career in all grades K-12.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 588
Mathematics Curriculum
Instructor: Ken Downer
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Dates: 07/11/11 — 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Register: Registration instructions for OSU. If you are not in an OSU degree program, enroll as a non-degree student.
This course focuses on current trends in mathematics curriculum, the history of these trends, and the rationale for mathematics reform. The course emphasizes the integration of math, science, and technology.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — CI 510
Building a System of Tens
Instructor: Nicole Rigelman
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Dates: 08/08/11 - 08/12/11, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Delivery Method: Face-to-face 1-week intensive course offered at Parkrose High School
Register: Register at Portland State University
Explore the base ten structure of the number system and how that structure is used in multi-digit computation. Investigate how basic concepts of whole numbers reappear when working with decimals. Student thinking is at the center of this course through examination of student work and students at work (written and video cases.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510
Reasoning Algebraically About Operations
Instructor: Nicole Rigleman
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Dates: 06/27/11 — 07/01/11, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Delivery Method: Face-to-face1-week intensive course offered at Liberty High School, Hillsboro
Register: Register at Portland State University
Examine generalizations at the heart of the study of operations in the elementary grades. Express these generalizations in common language and in algebraic notation, develop arguments based on representations of the operations, study what it means to prove a generalization, and extend the generalizations and arguments when the domain under consideration expands from whole numbers to integers. Student thinking is at the center of this course through examination of student work and students at work (written and video cases).
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SCIENCE FOCUS COURSES
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 598
Science Curriculum
Instructor: Ken Downer
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Dates: 07/11/11 — 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Register: Registration instructions for OSU. If you are not in an OSU degree program, enroll as a non-degree student.
This course focuses on current trends in science curriculum, the history of these trends, and the rationale for science reform. The course emphasized the integration of math, science, and technology.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — G510
Integrated Science: Crater Lake and Geohydrology of the Upper Klamath Basin
Instructors: Michael Cummings, Charles Morlan
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits; Has separate field cost fee of $200 (transportation, camping).
Dates: Online 08/01/11 — 08/19/11 plus fieldwork August 8-12, 2011
Delivery Method: fieldwork and online
Register: Register at Portland State University
The eruption of Mt. Mazama to form Crater Lake impacted the surrounding landscape and set the stage for evolution of the modern landscape and hydrologic system. Conduct a systems investigation of the geology, hydrology, ecology and human interactions in the Upper Klamath basin since the eruption. Measure and observe landscape components to develop an integrated understanding of system dynamics. This course requires field investigation characterized by moderate physical activity including hiking in moderate to steep slopes and ability to participate under temperatures near 90 degrees F.
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INTEGRATED PRACTICE COURSES
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 522
Dynamic Spreadsheets as Learning Tools in Science & Math
Instructor: Maggie Niess
Credits: 3 quarter-term graduate credits
Dates: 07/11/11 - 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Register: Registration instructions for OSU. If you are not in an OSU degree program, enroll as a non-degree student.
Provides opportunities to explore the algebraic reasoning involved when engaging students in learning with spreadsheets in science and mathematics classes. Students redesign units of instruction for grades 3-12 that integrate learning about designing dynamic and dependable spreadsheets as learning tools in science and mathematics. Explore how dynamic spreadsheets encourage students to extend problems and considering alternative questions.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 565
Inquiring into Science & Mathematics Learning and Teaching
Instructor: Emily van Zee
Credits: 3 quarter term credits
Dates: 07/11/11 — 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Contact Emily.vanZee@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-1880 for more information.
Register: Registration instructions for OSU. If you are not in an OSU degree program, enroll as a non-degree student.
Participants prepare to lead instructional changes in their communities by planning inquiries into the learning that they foster in their own contexts, critiquing relevant literature, making connections to national standards, and constructing a documentary website or writing a journal article that reports upon ways to foster science and/or mathematics learning. Participants make in-depth examination of learning in science and mathematics that have relevance to teaching. The course builds skills for the integrated teaching of science and mathematics targeting appropriate content and pedagogy. Participants explore students' personal understandings of science and mathematics and turn this analysis into instructional design. Depending upon the teaching context that is the source of the inquiry, this course supports the PrISM themes of multiple literacies, integration of science and mathematics, and integrating science and mathematics across the curriculum.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 566
Fostering Reflective Discourse in Science and Mathematics Contexts
Instructor: Emily van Zee
Credits: 3 quarter term credits
Dates: 07/11/11 — 08/12/11
Delivery Method: Online course
Contact Emily.vanZee@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-1880 for more information.
Register: Registration instructions for OSU. If you are not in an OSU degree program, enroll as a non-degree student.
Current issues, trends, and topics in science education. This course will examine ways of speaking by students and their teachers that foster learning in science and mathematics contexts such as preK-16 classrooms and free-choice learning settings such as science museums, zoos, outdoor environmental sites, etc. Topics will include student and teacher questioning, forms of argumentation, small group collaborations, and whole group discussions.
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