Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

SPED110 Introduction to Exceptional Children Tanya Tanya R. Mooney, M.Ed. 2013 Spring 2018 Dakota College at Bottineau Course Requirements: Description of Assignment/Assessment Forums, Activities & Quizzes: Serves as practice opportunity for course objectives and formative assessment on material learned, as well as encourages peer interaction within the online shell. Activities vary from week to week. Family Resource List: Students will compile a list of resources relevant to families with children with special needs. Case Law Review: Students will examine and reflect upon special education case law and determine how it is applied to today’s teaching. Inclusion Passport: Students will create a passport for a student with a disability. The passport will include a description of how the student’s disability affects learning, learning needs and strategies, goals as well as a summary of provisions offered by the school to meet the pupil’s needs. Communication Project: Students will develop a communication device for a student without verbal language, write a brief summary of the project, and present it to the class. Videos: Films will be posted in online shell to allow students a more in-depth understanding of some of the disabilities. Students will be expected to watch the films and respond to the material. Assessments: There will be two assessments. One is a traditional assessment (short answer, multiple choice etc…) and the other is a case study assessment (open book). Grades: Grades are earned through points and converted into a percentage. Percentages are calculated by dividing the total points earned by the total points possible. Grades are assigned to percentages as follows: Percent Grade 90-100% A Target 80-89% B Acceptable-high 70-79% C Acceptable-low 61-70% D Unacceptable 0-59% F Unacceptable Academic and Institution Policies: Academic Integrity The academic community is operated on the basis of honesty, integrity and fair play. It is the expectation that all students, as members of the college community, adhere to the highest levels of academic integrity. This means that students are responsible for submitting their own work. Student work must not be plagiarized. Students must not cooperate on oral or written examinations or work together one valuated assignments without authorization. Students should have high ethical standards and conduct themselves in an appropriate manner. Assignments that are plagiarized will receive an automatic failure. A second occurrence may be cause to fail the course. Appropriate citations are required.