EEX 3241 - Curriculum and Instruction for Exceptional Students

College of Education

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2026 (660)

Requisites

Admission to Exceptional Student Education (K-12) with Infused ESOL & Reading Endorsements (Bachelor of Science) (ESEDR-BS) and
Pre- or Co-requisite EEX 3012 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course addresses curriculum alignment, assessment of learning gains, and technologies available to teach students with exceptionalities. Course topics also include community, advocacy and professional organizations to support the needs of students with varying exceptionalities.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. Students will develop and implement effective academic instruction for exceptional students with mild to moderate abilities by:
    1. Selecting and justifying the use of print and non-print materials used for instructional delivery.
    2. Selecting and justifying the use of evidence-based instructional strategies and approaches used for instructional delivery.
    3. Selecting and justifying the use of differentiated approaches to instructional delivery including individualized accommodations and modifications.
    4. Listing procedures for grouping strategies as it relates to instructional delivery.
  2. Students will develop and implement effective academic instruction for exceptional students with profound abilities by:
    1. Selecting and justifying the use of differentiated approaches to instructional delivery including individualized accommodations and modifications.
    2. Selecting and justifying the use of specialized instructional strategies for students with low incidence disabilities.
    3. Selecting and justifying the use of evidence-based instructional strategies and approaches used for instructional delivery.
  3. Students will create agency linkages in order to identify resources to support students with exceptionalities by:
    1. Selecting, researching and reporting information regarding a professional advocacy organization with a focus on students with exceptionalities.
    2. Completing an oral presentation to distribute professional advocacy organization resources.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 2/26/02, BOT 3/26/02; Eff yrtr 20021. C&I 4/9/02, BOT 5/14/02; Eff yrtr 20021. C&I 9/28/04, BOT 11/16/04, Eff20042(0345). Was 3240; # changed by State Field Review effective 20081(0400). Was 3240; # changed by State Field Rev 20081. C&I 11/10/08, BOT 12/16/08, eff20082(0405)- 2008 3-year review. C&I 11/30/2012, BOT 1/15/2013; Eff yrtr 20131(0475) C&I Approval: 05/31/2013, BOT Approval: 06/17/2014, Effective Term: Fall 2014 (490). C&I Approval: 02/09/2017, BOT Approval: 03/21/2017, Effective Term: Fall 2017 (535). C&I Approval: 02/09/2018, BOT Approval: 04/17/2018, Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2026 (660)