WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Plainview
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CAMPUS
Mission: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional
success, learning, and service to God and humankind.
COURSE: EXSS 1144 Activities to Enhance Learning
TERM AND DATES: Spring 2015 Tues/Thurs 4:35-5:50
INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Diana Brumley
OFFICE HOURS:
4:00-4:35 pm
OFFICE PHONE NUMBER(S): 806-773-9059
E-MAIL ADDRESS: diana.brumley@plainview.k12.tx.us
CLASS MEETING TIMES/LOCATION: Tu/Th 4:35-5:50 first class-Laney Center 207
Thunderbird Elem. gym 1200 W. 32nd
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Preservice elementary teachers learn specific activities based upon brain research that supports
link of movement and physical activity to increased academic performance and achievement.
Sensory components of balance, coordination, spatial awareness and directionality, and visual
literacy activities are combined with games and developmental skills to enhance children’s
learning.
PREREQUISITES: none
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK(S) AND RESOURCE MATERIALS: Jean Blaydes; Thinking on your Feet, ISBN #
978-0-9844082-0-07 and
Jean Blade Madigan and Cindy Hess; Action Based Learning, Denton, Texas ISBN#
9780984408214
OPTIONAL MATERIALS:
COURSE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES:
Students will:
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demonstrate the ability to link learning games and activities to age appropriate
curriculum
identify specific motor activities and games to enhance motor development
conduct learning activities that target specific developmental delay.
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Regular attendance and participation is expected! Any student who misses twenty-five (25%) or
more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of F for the course. Therefore,
if you are absent a total of 8 class periods, you will be given a grade of “F,” regardless of your
academic standing.
A. Tardies: Roll will be taken at the beginning of class. If you walk in late and
attendance has already been taken, you must make a point to see the professor
after class so that you are marked off as being at class, however, you will be counted
as tardy. Failure to see the instructor after class if you missed roll call will result in
being marked as absent that day. NOTE: * 2 tardies = 1 absence!*
B. Participation: Students are expected to attend and participate in class discussions
activity. Points will be taken from your attendance grade for not participating in
class.
DISABILITY STATEMENT:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland
Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any
educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves
as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning
accommodation requests at (806) 291-3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany
any request for accommodations.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS & GRADING CRITERIA:
Student’s attendance, participation and reading of text is essential in the development of
course outcomes. The student will demonstrate proficiency of the concepts through test,
cases and field experience. The university student will through conduct learning activities
with public school students and do a reflective analysis.
Attendance
Test
100
200
Reflective Journal
Field experience
Total points
100
100
500
UNIVERSITY GRADING SYSTEM:
A= 450 – 500 pts.
Cr
for Credit
B= 400 – 449 pts.
NCR
No Credit
C= 350 - 399
I
Incomplete*
D = 300 - 349
W
for withdrawal
F<300
WP
Withdrawal Passing
WF
Withdrawal Failing
X
No grade given
IP
In Progress
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade
points were recorded.
*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated
in the official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an
earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is
converted to the grade of F. An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s
permanent record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in
the official University calendar of the next regular term.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: (calendar, topics, assignments)
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Class will be held on (date/time) in (classroom location) unless otherwise noted
Date
Topics/ Activities/Assignments
Week 1
1/13 1/15
Week 2
1/20 1/22
Week 3
1/27 1/29
Week 4
Introduction
Brain Development and Movement Fundamentals
Station 1 – Motor Skills Crawling Creeping, Balance, Jumping, Landing
Station 2 – Activities to Integrate the senses – rolling, pattern jumping,
leap frog, balance beam
2/3 2/5
Week 5
Station 3 - Vestibular Development
2/10 2/12
Week 6
Station 3 continued Test
2/17 2/19
Week 7
Station 4 Visual Development
2/24 2/26
Week 8
ABC Pathways Mat
3/3 3/5
Week 9
Station 5 Visual Tracking
3/10 3/12
Week 10 -11
Station 6 Ladder learning Peer Teaching
3/24 3/26 3/31 4/2
Week 12 – 14 Field Experience using the action based learning laboratory
4/7 4/9 4/14 4/16 4/21 4/23
Week 15
Final and reflective learning log
4/30?
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of
academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all
forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or
plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty
member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of
any case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved. The faculty
member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of
the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has
been penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty
assessed.
Plagiarism
“Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral
works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts),
as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or
simply the work of a fellow student.
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When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas,
or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through
complete, accurate, and specific references, and, if verbatim statements are included,
through use of quotation marks as well. By placing one’s name on work submitted for
credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by
appropriate acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if
there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness.”
Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag