Practicum
Revised: November 2006
Course Description
Practical experience under faculty supervision for prospective teachers as teaching aides and as tutors.
Objectives
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Tutoring
Students will have experience with helping an at-risk student through a mathematics course by meeting regularly scheduled one-on-one tutoring appointments. By keeping a journal, the practicum student will observe and document the learning styles and behavior of the tutoring student. Practicum students are expected to experiment with different teaching strategies to arrive at a successful teaching approach for the tutoring student.
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Grading Procedure
Grading procedures and factors influencing course grade are left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Attendance Policy
Attendance policy is left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Course Outline