CETPPA-endorsed courses are those in which purposeful, engaging
and well-designed instruction allows students to actively participate in
meaningful work that is quite likely to enhance students' understanding of the
discipline. These are identified via an observation instrument that reveals
a lesson that reflects one of the following levels:
Instruction is purposeful and engaging for most students. Students
actively participate in meaningful work (e.g., investigations,
teacher/instructor presentations, discussions with each other or the
teacher/instructor, reading). The lesson is well-designed and the
teacher/instructor implements it well, but adaptation of content or
pedagogy in response to student needs and interests is limited.
Instruction is quite likely to enhance most students' understanding of
the discipline and to develop their capacity to successfully "do"
mathematics/science.
Instruction is purposeful and all students are highly engaged most
or all of the time in meaningful work (e.g., investigation,
teacher/instructor presentations, discussions with each other or the
teacher/instructor, reading). The lesson is well-designed and artfully
implemented, with flexibility and responsiveness to students' needs and
interests. Instruction is highly likely to enhance most students'
understanding of the discipline and to develop their capacity to
successfully "do" mathematics/science.