improvement processes will be analyzed. The question, "What is a rue Middle School?" will be the focal point of the course. Prerequisites: Core I & II.

MGED 3220 (LA); MGED 3230 (MATH); MGED 3240 (NAT SCI);
MGED 3250 (SOC SCI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Learning in The Disciplines: (A)-Language
......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................Arts, (B)-Math, (C)-Natural Science, ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(D)-Social Studies (3-0-3)
This course is offered in four versions: Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts, all in the Middle Grades. Students will take two versions of the course, representing the two content areas in which they did not specialize. Each of the two courses will examine performance skills embedded within the discipline and those which transcend subject area boundaries. These skills have direct implications for instruction in the specific disciplines and for making connections across traditional content areas. Students will examine and develop expertise in these performance skills and develop strategies to effectively teach them. The various discipline standards will also be examined. The focus is on the skills and strategies which foster learning within and across content areas.

MGED 3221 Adolescent Language Arts Pedagogy (3-0-3)
Students will develop instructional skills to effectively teach Language Arts in the Middle Grades classroom. They will develop an understanding of Language Arts philosophies and best practices in the Middle Grades. They will explore areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening as the context for skill development in students. Instructional strategies from planning and implementation, through assessment will be examined, with adolescent student needs as the locus of instructional decisions. Strategies to address special needs students and the diverse needs of all learners will be developed. Prerequisites: To be taken after or concurrent with CORE I & II.

MGED 3222 Integrated Reading to Learn
(Reading pedagogy across content areas) (3-0-3)
Students will develop strategies to effectively engage Middle Grade students in reading across content areas. Students will develop approaches which emphasize reading as a means to learn. Students will also develop strategies to enable students to deal with reading deficiencies and other challenges students may face as readers in the Middle Grades.

MGED 3231 Content Pedagogy: Mathematics Education for Middle Grades (3-0-3)
This course focuses on the curriculum and evaluation standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Emphasis is on problem-solving, measurement, computation, hypothesis posing, and hypothesis testing. Teaching and learning strategies are examined.

MGED 3241 Content Pedagogy:
Social Studies Education for Middle Grades (3-0-3)
This course will emphasize how the conceptual themes and modes of inquiry represented in the content courses, and the learning standards identified in the national social studies standards are to be applied when formulating instruction and

327Augusta State University Catalog

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