SESAME (Studies in Engineering, Science and Mathematics Education)
Minor and Courses
The
SESAME program is a multidisciplinary campus-wide graduate group that includes faculty in Biology,
Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics. It is one of the
Graduate Groups that the College of
Engineering supports. As education is a key component of
graduate education, particularly for doctoral students who intend to pursue academic careers,
we have developed a set of courses that could be used for a SESAME minor for doctoral qualifying exams and studies in
engineering and sciences.
Pick courses from the following main topic areas:
Disciplinary Applications
-
EDUC 290C: Education Issues and Problem Solving in Engineering Education (Agogino)
- SCMATHE 220C
Instructional Design in Science and Mathematics Education: Designing Educational
Technologies
- EDUC 222A Programming & Problem Solving (Linn)
- EDUC 224A Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving (Schoenfeld)
- EDUC 224B How People Learn Computer Science
- EDUC 290C Scientific Thinking and Learning (Diehl, Allen, White)
- EDUC 290C Learning Chance: Computer-Supported Inquiry into Probability (Abrahamson)
- SESAME 220C Instructional Design in Science and Mathematics Education: Designing Educational Technologies (Linn)
- EDUC 224C Gender, Mathematics and Science (Linn)
- EDUC 221A Towards Ambitious Instruction in Mathematics: Research Into Practice (Engle)
Theory (Individual & Social Cognition)
- EDUC 226 Constructive Epistemology (diSessa)
- EDUC 227 Metacognition (Linn, White)
- EDUC 229A Problem Solving and Understanding (x-listed as Psychology 220D (Ranney)
- EDUC 229B Cognitive Science Approaches to Learning (diSessa)
- EDUC 229F Conceptual Change (diSessa)
- EDUC 232 Problem Solving and Understanding in Elem. School Classroom (Metz)
- EDUC 290C Representations (diSessa)
- EDUC 290C Neo-Vygotskian Perspectives on Cognitive Development (Saxe)
Qualitative Methods
- EDUC 228A Qualitative Methodology (Metz & Saxe; Ranney)
- EDUC 228B Modeling of Knowledge and Cognitive Processes
- EDUC 212 Cognition and Learning in Social Context
- EDUC 288B Theory and Methods of Field Work
- EDUC 290C Video Analysis (Engle)
Quantitative Methods
- EDUC 293A/L Sec.1 Methods of Analysis for Educational Research and Decision-making
- EDUC 293 A/L Sec.2 Data Analysis in Educational Research and Program Evaluation
Last updated: 20 July 2009
