Teaching Social Studies

Examines recent trends in social studies and develops curricula and instructional strategies to prepare children for active citizenship in a democratic, multicultural, technological society.

offering recorded3 credits

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Historical reviews of Janel Anderson: Janel Anderson assigned projects that reviewers felt were not properly reviewed, contributing to a high-difficulty perception.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE

    • Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
    • Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
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CURRIC 371

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    • Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
    • Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE

Professors

Fall 2026
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Janel Anderson describe her as passive-aggressive and penalizing COVID-related absences despite preaching understanding. One reviewer reported assigned projects were not reviewed and handouts were ignored, resulting in a low quality rating.

JANEL ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction71 / 750
DIS 301Classroom Instruction25 / 250
DIS 305Classroom Instruction21 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction32 / 320
DIS 304Classroom Instruction32 / 330
DIS 302Classroom Instruction25 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction64 / 700

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Janel Anderson describe a difficult experience characterized by passive-aggressive behavior and strict attendance policies.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=119 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.97 GPA, 99.2% A/AB (n=132 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=142 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Janel Anderson: Janel Anderson assigned projects that reviewers felt were not properly reviewed, contributing to a high-difficulty perception.

Historical reviews of Janel Anderson: Reviewers reported frustration with Janel Anderson's passive-aggressive demeanor and penalties for COVID-related absences despite her preaching understanding.

Topics

  • Recent trends in social studies
  • Active citizenship in democratic, multicultural, and technological societies

Skills

  • Developing social studies curricula and instructional strategies
  • Preparing students for active citizenship in democratic and multicultural contexts

Grades

Historical instructor

Fall 2026 · Projected

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average GPA

Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.07 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Fall 2026

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Fall 2025 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
CURRIC 371 · Fall 2026

Teaching Social Studies

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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