Spring 2027

Teaching Science

Teaching Science explores how children learn science, creating inquiry-based classrooms, assessing learning, and conducting inquiries to consider these issues.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Rosemary Russ3.8/5 Ajita Raghavendra Katie Kirchgasler

Summary

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Past student reviews · Rosemary Russ

The instructor was understanding of students' other commitments outside of the course.

What you’ll be able to do

Explore your own identities (as people, as teachers, as scientists) and analyze the impact of those identities on how we see, understand, and interact with students
Question the idea that science is “objective” by investigating science teaching to identify oppression of non-white, non-male students
Develop instructional strategies and intuitions to elicit and build on student ideas in a way that redistributes who is seen as a “knower” of science
Design lessons and redesign curricular units based on research on best-practices in science teaching that will support the equitable learning
Reflect on science teaching practice in a way that supports both student learning and continued professional development

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Professors

Spring 2027

Rosemary Russ

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About this rating

Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 2.0/5 difficulty · 2 reviews

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Past student reviews · Rosemary Russ

Students described Rosemary Russ as funny and kind, noting she made class entertaining and engaging while being understanding of external commitments and taking time to get to know them.

Another student found Rosemary Russ kind and understanding, stating they learned a lot and enjoyed the experience.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.97 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

Ajita Raghavendra

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

Katie Kirchgasler

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Leema Berland

Leema Berland’s class involved numerous application assignments, requiring students to actively practice tasks typical of their future roles. The course included mastery checks for each assignment, with final grades determined during a concluding meeting with the instructor. Reviewers noted that Berland was very organized and genuinely cared about all her students.

AJITA RAGHAVENDRA is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATIE KIRCHGASLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LEEMA BERLAND is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROSEMARY RUSS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. 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

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 30
LEC 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 30
LEC 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 30

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Rosemary Russ

Students described the class as entertaining and engaging, with the instructor taking time to know them personally.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 97.9% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=73 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Rosemary Russ

The instructor was understanding of students' other commitments outside of the course.

Past student reviews · Rosemary Russ

Rosemary Russ was kind, caring, and very understanding, which helped students feel supported.

Topics

How children learn science
Creating inquiry-based science classrooms
Assessing children's science learning
Identity and its impact on science teaching
Equitable instructional strategies in science

Skills

Creating inquiry-based science classrooms
Assessing children's science learning
Analyzing identity and equity in science teaching
Designing equitable science lessons and curricular units

Grades

Spring 2027 · Projected

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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 · 0.06 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 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 372 · Spring 2027

Teaching Science

Recorded 2026-10-14

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

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Model & dataset provenance

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Teaching Science

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Rosemary Russ

Ajita Raghavendra

Katie Kirchgasler

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

Topics

Skills

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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