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Department of Physics
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Assessment
Plan - Teaching Degrees
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The
physics teaching degrees are the BS in
Physics Teaching and the BS in Composite
Teaching-Physical Science. The two
degrees require a relatively small
number of physics courses in conjunction
with the requirements and evaluations
provided by the Secondary Teacher
Education Program (STEP). A summary of
the STEP assessment plan can be found here.
The principal goal of our program
relative to these degrees is to give
students a foundation in physics
adequate to prepare them to teach
science.
Learning Objectives:
1. Physics Teaching Majors:
Students of the program will synthesize
and prepare to teach physics topics in
the Utah Core Curriculum Standards for
High School Physics and AP Physics
1.
Composite Science Teaching Majors:
Students of the program will synthesize
and prepare to teach physics topics in
the Utah Core Curriculum Standards for
6-9th Grade science. In addition, they
will construct requisite background
knowledge in Chemistry, Biology, and
Geology sufficient to integrate these
other sciences into their future
teaching.
2. Students will construct sufficient
knowledge of physics to satisfy Utah
educational standards for a highly
qualified secondary science teacher.
Assessment Plan:
- Each student in either
of the teaching degrees is offered a
paid early teaching experience as a
TA in the PHYS 1200 lab. They
receive weekly one-on-one mentorship
and evaluation from the master
teacher of the course, and are
promoted to Undergraduate Teaching
Fellow in a course as their skills
warrant. This addresses
Learning Objective 1.
- Student course
evaluations are used to document TA
performance. This addresses
Learning Objective 1.
- Each student in either
of the teaching degrees must have a
graded teaching experience as a
student teacher through the
education department. This
addresses Learning Objective 1.
- Each student must take
the Praxis examination in the
physics certification areas.
This addresses Learning Objectives 1
and 2.
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