Catalog Year: 2021-2022

Miles College

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Here NCTQ outlines (1) the set of courses providing candidates with the content most aligned with what elementary teachers need within current institution and program requirements, and (2) suggestions for courses to fill in gaps where candidates still lack coverage. 

"Most Aligned" Set of Courses

  1. Science Requirement 01

    BY 101 & 101L - General Biology I & Lab

  2. Science Requirement 02

    PH 102 & 102L - Physical Science & Lab

  3. Science Requirement 03

    BY 201 & 201L - General Biology II & Lab

  4. Science Requirement 04

    ED 406 - Teaching Elementary Science (P-6)

How to Improve Content Coverage

Using the “Most Aligned” Set of Courses, current course requirements can address up to 55.56% coverage of science topics.

The topics still lacking coverage include:

  • Scientific and Engineering Practices
  • Space Systems
  • Earth's Systems and Processes
  • Engineering Design

To improve content coverage, the institution or teacher preparation program may need to require additional courses for their candidates to achieve coverage across all topics. Our analysts identified the following courses to cover these topics:

  • Scientific and Engineering Practices: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis
  • Space Systems: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis
  • Earth's Systems and Processes: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis
  • Engineering Design: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis

Analysis of Content Covered by "Most Aligned" Set of Courses

= Course is Currently Recommended or Required by Program

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Themes: Pedagogy Life Science Physical Science Earth & Space Sciences Engineering
Topics (hover to see name):

A

Cross-cutting Concepts

B

Scientific and Engineering Practices

C

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

D

Inheritance and Variation of Traits

E

Forces, Waves, and Energy

F

Structure and Properties of Matter

G

Space Systems

H

Earth's Systems and Processes

I

Engineering Design

BY 101 & 101L
General Biology I & Lab
PH 102 & 102L
Physical Science & Lab
BY 201 & 201L
General Biology II & Lab
ED 406
Teaching Elementary Science (P-6)
Total Content Covered: 55.56%
If a candidate takes the above courses, this is the topic coverage they would experience overall:

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