The following course descriptions are available. Please check the Class Schedule or contact the program for course availability for each semester:
C&T 4021 Nature and needs of gifted students
Psychological factors personal and social affecting identification and development of gifted children and youth: implications for education, counseling and guidance.
C&T 4023 Differentiated curriculum for gifted students
This course examines the characteristics of appropriate and defensible curriculum for gifted children and youth. Particular emphasis is placed on instructional strategies, curriculum theories, flexible grouping techniques, and meeting the needs of gifted learning in the regular classroom.
Instructor: Lisa Wright
C&T 4025 Educating young potentially gifted children
Examination of theories and practices relevant to the education of the young (preschool through second grade) potentially gifted child with particular focus on talent development, differentiated curriculum, nontraditional identification techniques, at-risk children, and parent education.
Instructor: Lisa Wright
C&T 4702 Student teaching-giftedness
Observation and student teaching. Permission Required. Course requires 3-5 days a week for participation in community, school, and agency programs and a weekly seminar on campus.
Instructor: James Corter
C&T 4822 Instructional models in the education of gifted students
What should gifted students learn? How can we differentiate the curriculum for gifted learners in order to meet their special needs more effectively? These and other questions will be addressed in this three-day workshop devoted to the discussion, analysis, and evaluation of instructional models designed or adapted for gifted students. Emphasis will be placed on the principles of curricular differentiation and on providing an overview of a range of models designed to modify content, enhance the development of thinking skills and enhance creativity.
Instructor: Lisa Wright
C&T 5000 Theory and Inquiry in Curriculum and Teaching
Required of and limited to first-year Ed.D. students in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching; must be taken in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Introduction to and exploration of important problems and issues in curriculum and teaching, methods of formulating questions, and modes of inquiry appropriate to doctoral-level research.
C&T 5023 Exceptionality and intelligence: Theoretical approaches
Theories of cognition as they relate to the issues of intelligence and creativity presented as a basis for conceiving of students as exceptional and for differentiating their curriculum.
Instructor: James Borland
C&T 5810 Differential instruction for gifted students
This three-day workshop provides participants with the opportunity to learn about and discuss new challenges and approaches to identifying and educating gifted students. Presentations and discussions will provide the core for each day. Small group work and individual consultations will also be integrated throughout the three days. The emphasis of these sessions will be on the creation of practical products and practices that can be used in the participant's schools. Schools are also encouraged to send both individuals and teams with clearly articulated issues and problems they would like to have discussed. Students enrolled for two credits will attend additional seminars to be scheduled during the class.
C&T 5902 Independent Study: Giftedness
Permission required. Qualified students work under guidance on practical research problems. Proposed work must be outlined prior to registration; final written report required.
Instructor: James Corter
C&T 6506 Advanced seminar-giftedness
For doctoral students in Giftedness. Recent developments in theory and research in gifted education.
C&T 7500 Dissertation seminar in curriculum and teaching
Two semesters required of all doctoral candidates in the department unless proposal is defended in the first semester. Development of doctoral dissertations and presentation of proposals for approval.
C&T 7501 Dissertation seminar in curriculum and teaching
Dissertation seminar in curriculum and teaching (1-3 points), plus one additional course in research (2-3 points).
Instructor: James Borland
HUDM 4122 Probability and statistical inference
Prerequisite: HUDM 4120 or undergraduate statistics course. Elementary probability theory; random variables and probability distributions; sampling distributions; estimation theory and hypothesis testing using binomial, normal, t, chi square, and F distributions.
Instructor: Karen Zumwalt
HUDM 5122 Applied regression analysis
Prerequisite: HUDM 4122 or permission of instructor. Least squares estimation theory. Traditional simple and multiple regression models, polynomial regression models, with grouping variables including one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, and analysis of covariance. Lab devoted to applications of SPSS regression program. Lab fee: $50.
Instructor: Celia Genishi