Catalog Year: 2021-2022

West Virginia University

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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

    BIOL 115/116 - Principles of Biology/Laboratory

  2. Science Requirement 02

    PHSC 101 - Introductory Physical Science

  3. Science Requirement 03

    PHSC 102 - Introductory Physical Science 2

  4. Science Requirement 04

    EDUC 440 - Elementary-Early Childhood Science Methods

How to Improve Content Coverage

Using the “Most Aligned” Set of Courses, current course requirements can address up to 77.78% coverage of science topics.

The topics still lacking coverage include:

  • Scientific and Engineering Practices
  • 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
  • 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
BIOL 115/116
Principles of Biology/Laboratory
PHSC 101
Introductory Physical Science
PHSC 102
Introductory Physical Science 2
EDUC 440
Elementary-Early Childhood Science Methods
Total Content Covered: 77.78%
If a candidate takes the above courses, this is the topic coverage they would experience overall:
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