If you are a student enrolled in IE 197, your grade for this course depends on the following three things. Each of the three parts is weighted equally:

• Teams of 3 students will be responsible for the design, preparation, and leading of a 3-week curricular unit to be taught at PHS.
• An idea for a 3-week unit to be sketched out (1 page) 14 days before it is taught


• A first draft of the unit designed, written up, and submitted for full-class comment 7 days before it is taught. (5+ pages)


• A final draft of the unit including self-assessment from the presentation at Pomona High School and all changes that would be made in future presentations. (10+ pages)





• Teams of two students will be responsible for the design, preparation, and leading of a seminar discussion
• A seminar topic related to math/science education and at least two sources of information (articles, video, text exerpts, online resources) about that topic must be chosen two weeks before the seminar in which they will be the focus of discussion.


• A 4-5 page paper summarizing and evaluating the seminar readings prepared for the class by the Monday before the Friday class session.


• Designing and leading the class's discussion/consideration on the Friday class session.


• An 8-12 page final paper summarizing and reflecting on the authors' education topic in light of the teaching, reading, and observation experiences of the semester.



• Participation and reflection on effective mathematics/science teaching
• Each class member will be responsible for doing each week's readings in advance and participating in the Friday seminar's activities and discussions. Attendence is important. You must let me know ahead of time if you can not make it to a seminar on Friday, and we will work out alternative arrangements.


• Each class member will be responsible for part of the infrastructure of the Pomona High School outreach, e.g., organizing, tutoring, SAT prep, getting computers to students, and the like.


• Each class member will be responsible for observing at least 9 classroom sessions from various schools: Mudd, Pomona High School, and Claremont High. (at least three from each)


• Each class member will also need to document her/his reactions to classroom observations, the seminar readings and class sessions, and teaching experiences at Pomona High School in a journal. The expected writing is 60 minutes/week.


• Those students who are receiving H/SS seminar credit for IE197 must make a public presentation of their curricular unit and course experience. A forum for doing this will be set up as the term progresses.

Grading standards

A:

An "A" is awarded for outstanding work that can serve as an example for other students in later years. "A" work represents a professional attitude, reflects thoughtful engagement with the topics and outreach efforts of the seminar, and is complete in every respect.

1. You did not miss more than 1 meeting (seminar, high-school responsibility, etc.) unless worked out beforehand with the other participants/professor.
2. Your work in preparing for and leading a seminar session met all of the noted deadlines, and it demonstrated both strong preparation and execution.
3. Your final paper showed an integration of many of the different topics and experiences from the course.
4. Your work in preparing for a PHS Monday demonstration lesson met all of the noted deadlines.
5. The execution of the Monday demonstration lesson showed a close attention to details in its preparation.
6. Your revision of the lesson plans taught at PHS illustrated a careful consideration of how the students reacted to the lesson, any glitches that might have happened, and direct feedback from peers and students.
7. You completed all of the seminar readings and participated actively in seminar discussions.
8. You completed all of the classroom observation entries in a journal and related those thoughts to the topics covered during the seminar, in readings, and in the interactions with PHS students. You completed all reading/seminar-response journal entries, as well.
9. You fulfilled at least one of the important roles in the outreach with PHS: tutoring, SAT prep, computer delivery, or organization.

B:

A "B" is awarded for good work that has only a few flaws. A "B" effort is characterized by an excellent attitude and consistent engagement with the topics and efforts of the seminar. It meets most of the expectations (set out above) and is complete in nearly every respect.

C:

A "C" is awarded for satisfactory but uninspired work. A "C" effort is characterized by a positive attitude and some engagement with of the topics covered in the seminar. It meets some expectations (set out above) and is reasonably complete in all important respects.

D/F:

A "D" or "F" indicates substandard work. A "D" effort is characterized by a negative attitude, little engagement with th seminar's work, and meeting only a few expectations. It is incomplete in a number of important respects. An "F" indicates unacceptable work. It is incomplete in nearly every respect.