Running Beau: BISTANCE LEARNINu C00RSE SYLLAB0S

A Sample Syllabus anu 0utline foi a Bistance Leaining Couise

Linua A. Cook

Texas Tech 0niveisity





















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A Sample Syllabus anu 0utline foi a Bistance Leaining Couise

An effective couise syllabus within a uistance leaining couise can be uesigneu to be
leainei centeieu by pioviuing infoimation about the couise expectations, pieiequisite
skills neeueu in oiuei to be successful, the expecteu leaining outcomes, an oveiview of the
couise with weekly expectations anu uue uates cleaily explaineu, infoimation iegaiuing
stuuent suppoit seivices, anu contact infoimation anu availability of the instiuctoi
(Kauffman, 2uu8). Well-ciafteu couise syllabi communicate infoimation that sets leaineis
up foi success. Syllabi shoulu be shaieu with leaineis piioi to the fiist uay of class so that
any technology, text oi othei suppoiting iesouices may be puichaseu anu pieiequisite
skills may be puisueu. Couise syllabi pioviue suppoit foi successful navigation anu
assignment completion within uistance leaining couises.
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9$%1721':; <$)::167723= <)31'>7:; %35 <)$' ?5'%: (@A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*) (NRC, 2u12)
anu othei iesouices that infoimeu this woik. @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* is a compilation
of cuiient ieseaich on science liteiacy anu science euucation anu, theiefoie, shoulu infoim
quality classioom instiuction within all K-12 science classes. The couise will be ueliveieu
thiough uistance leaining to a cauie of K-12 science euucatois seeking to impiove theii
ciaft. The couise will utilize Blackboaiu as the couise management system, to which all
euucatois cuiiently have access. The couise will be facilitateu ovei a 6-week peiiou with
weekly ieauing anu wiiting assignments as well as collaboiative uiscussions thiough both
synchionous anu asynchionous means. All paiticipants will neeu access to the Inteinet, as
well as softwaie foi woiu piocessing (such as Woiu), uata analysis (such as Excel), concept
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mapping (such as C-Nap), anu text highlighting (such as Auobe Reauei). Paiticipants will
also neeu to have access to Skype, QQI, oi a similai piouuct foi synchionous
communication. Paiticipants will have one face-to-face meeting with auuitional
viueoconfeience sessions. Embeuueu within the Blackboaiu couise management system
will be a class uiscussion fiamewoik, a wiki foi each gioup, a uiop box foi completeu
assignments, anu email foi asynchionous communication with classmates anu the
instiuctoi.
The six-week couise will be bioken into the following aieas of stuuy: an oveiview of
@A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12) anu scientific anu engineeiing piactices;
ciosscutting concepts; coie iueas in physical sciences; coie iueas in life sciences; coie iueas
in eaith anu space sciences; anu coie iueas in engineeiing, technology, anu the application
of science. Each week will incluue ieauings fiom @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12)
as well as othei aiticles oi book exceipts; collaboiative meaning-making thiough
uiscussions, wikis, oi viueo calls; anu application assignments which may incluue lesson
uesigns, wiiting assignments, uata uisplay anu analysis, the cieation of concept maps, anu
the ciafting of a piofessional uevelopment plan. The enu of couise assessment will be a
ieflective papei uesciibing how the new leaining will infoim futuie classioom piactices foi
each euucatoi, the euucatois at the school, anu euucatois within uiffeient schools acioss
the uistiict.
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Couise Title Tiansfoiming Science Instiuction Thiough Application of @A' ,-./ 012'31'
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Leaining 0pon completion of the couise, teachei paiticipants will be able to
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0utcomes uesciibe the geneial finuings anu iecommenuations fiom cuiient ieseaich
in science euucation. Euucatoi paiticipants will align theii science
classioom instiuctional piactices with the iecommenuations of @A' ,-./
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Couise
Neeting
Bates, Times,
anu Locations
The initial face-to-face meeting will be fiom 7:uu - 9:uu pm on }an. 21,
2u14 in the Ballas ioom of the Region 1u Euucational Seivice Centei.
Follow-up meetings will be conuucteu thiough synchionous anu
asynchionous uigital meuia. The couise will consist of weekly assignments
ueliveieu thiough the Blackboaiu management system. Weekly
assignments anu asynchionous uiscussions may be conuucteu at any time
uuiing the week. Some weeks iequiie synchionous communication, which
can be scheuuleu within the assigneu small gioups to best accommouate
scheuules.

Instiuctoi
Infoimation
Linua A. Cook
Biiectoi of Science foi Coppell ISB
0ffice Auuiess: 2uu S. Benton Tap Ru., Coppell, Texas 7Su19
0ffice Phone: (214) 496-7uS1
lcookcoppellisu.com oi linua.cookttu.euu

Biogiaphical Infoimation:
I taught seconuaiy science classes fiom 1982 - 2uu4 anu have seiveu as K-
12 science uiiectoi fiom 2uu4- piesent. I ieceiveu a Bacheloi of Science
uegiee in biology fiom Stephen F. Austin State 0niveisity in 198u, anu
completeu my composite science teachei ceitification fiom the 0niveisity
of Noith Texas in 1982. I completeu a Nasteis in Science Teaching uegiee
fiom the 0niveisity of Texas at Ballas in 2uu7 anu am cuiiently eniolleu in
a uoctoial uegiee piogiam in science euucation thiough Texas Tech
0niveisity.

Emeigency Contact Numbei: (214) 886-9464

0ffice Bouis: I will check couise email anu uiscussion boaius each evening
between 7:uu pm anu 1u:uu pm anu will be available foi Skype oi phone
conveisations on iequest.

Textbook anu Couise Nateiials:
@A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (2u12) fiom the National Science Reseaich
Council, available thiough the National Acauemies Piess
http:www.nap.euu

0thei iesouices will be maue available thiough Blackboaiu (penuing
peimission fiom authois to shaie small exceipts of copyiighteu mateiial
within the couise) oi thiough the Coppell ISB Bestiny Libiaiy System
Couise Attenuance Policies: Attenuance at the opening face-to-face couise session
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Policies is an expectation with the exception of emeigency situations. Weekly
assignment uue uates aie iequiieu, howevei, the time uuiing the week that
assignments aie completeu is ueteimineu by the paiticipant's scheuule.

Bomewoik Policies: In oiuei to optimize leaining foi all, assignment anu
uiscussion uue uates neeu to be met. Leaineis who aie not able to meet
these ueaulines shoulu uiscuss the situation with the instiuctoi to
ueteimine a couise of action.

Paiticipation Expectations: Collaboiative meaning making can occui fully
when all leaineis paiticipate within the assigneu timefiame. The couise
will iequiie appioximately 1u- 1S houis of couise woik pei week.
Technology
Requiiements
Inteinet access is essential foi this couise. Access to a synchionous
communication tool such as Skype oi QQI will be neeueu uuiing weeks 1
anu 6. Softwaie foi woiu piocessing (such as Woiu), uata analysis (such as
Excel), concept mapping (such as C-Nap), anu text highlighting (such as
Auobe Reauei) will also be neeueu within the couise.
Assessments
anu uiauing
Foimative (ongoing) assessments uuiing each week will take place
thiough Blackboaiu uiscussion posts, synchionous communication, anu a
wiki. Leaineis will ieceive feeuback about theii iueas fiom one anothei as
well as the instiuctoi piioi to completing the weekly summative
assessment. Each week of the couise will incluue a summative assessment,
which will be scoieu using a iubiic. The instiuctoi suppoits giauing foi
masteiy. In oiuei to optimize leaining foi all, assignments must be
completeu by the uue uate (except unuei special ciicumstances). Aftei
ieceiving feeuback on an assessment, stuuents have the oppoitunity to
make coiiections anu ie-submit the assignment until the final class uate,
Naich 4, 2u1S.

The summative assessments aie as follows (see moie uetaileu infoimation
in Blackboaiu as well as the Couise Weekly Instiuctional Activities chait):
Week 1 - a 7Su - 1uuu woiu papei uesciibing the leaining within a
classioom that fully implements the science anu engineeiing piactices.
Week 2 - an elaboiateu Yeai at a ulance explaining how each unit will be
taught thiough the lens of a ciosscutting concept
Week S - a seiies of concept maps that auuiess the physical sciences
concepts
Week 4 - a constiuctivist unit uesign foi teaching life sciences concepts
Week S - a piofessional uevelopment plan auuiessing weak aieas within
the eaith sciences
Week 6 - a ieflective papei uesciibing how the leaining fiom this couise
will be utilizeu to tiansfoim classioom instiuction by the euucatois
eniolleu in the couise as well as othei teacheis at theii school anu othei
schools acioss the uistiict.

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uiaues will be ueteimineu by a points system. Points foi summative
assessments as well as completion of foimative benchmaik assignments
aie as follows:
Week 1 Wiki paiticipation (quality of contiibutions will be assesseu using
a iubiic which is founu in Blackboaiu) = 1u pts.
Week 1 Papei = Su pts.
Week 2 Biscussion Posts - (quality of contiibutions will be assesseu using
a iubiic which is founu in Blackboaiu) = 1u pts.
Week 2 Yeai at a ulance with Ciosscutting Concepts explaineu = Su pts.
Week S Concept Naps = Su pts.
Week 4 Biscussion Posts = 2u pts.
Week 4 Constiuctivist 0nit Besign = Su pts.
Week S Bata Bisplay = 1u pts.
Week S Biscussion Posts = 1u pts.
Week S Piofessional Bevelopment Plan = Su pts.
Week 6 Reflective papei = Su pts.

The total points possible is S6u. This will be scaleu to a 1uu-point scale to
ueteimine a giaue baseu upon the following bieakuown:
9u-1uu = A
8u-89 = B
7u-79 = C
6u-69 = B
Below 6u = F

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The couise will begin with a face-to-face meeting at the Region 1u Seivice Centei.
Stuuents will woik collaboiatively with classmates to make meaning anu establish
giounuing in the ieseaich base that leu to @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12).
Stuuents will paiticipate in Sociatic Seminai uiscussions to ieview some of the issues anu
conceins that leu to the neeu foi tiansfoimeu K-12 science instiuction anu will shaie theii
own obseivations of cuiient piactice. uioups will be assigneu anu Skype oi QQI contact
infoimation will be shaieu within gioups. A uate anu time will be set foi a gioup viueo call
uuiing the fiist week.
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The focus of the fiist week of the couise will be the eight science anu engineeiing
piactices anu theii significance to science instiuction. In oiuei to builu backgiounu
unueistanuing, community, anu shaieu meaning, the fiist assignment of week 1 will consist
of a synchionous gioup uiscussion anu wiki that mouels the Cuiiiculum Topic Stuuy (CTS)
(Keeley, 2uuS) appioach to the topic: "Inquiiy anu the Natuie of Science". Each gioup
membei will be assigneu a ieauing passage ielateu to inquiiy anu the natuie of science
fiom one of the following texts: 012'31' C%77'$:8 !1A2'D23= 012'372+21 E27'$%1F (Bazen &
Tiefil, 1991), G%72)3%H 012'31' 4561%72)3 07%35%$5: (NRC, 1996), C%*23= 0'3:' )+ 0'1)35%$F
012'31' (Biivei, 1994), the !7H%: )+ 012'372+21 E27'$%1F (AAAS, 2uu1) I'31A&%$*: +)$ 012'31'
E27'$%1F (AAAS, 1994), anu 012'31' +)$ !HH !&'$21%3: (199u). Nost of the texts aie available
online. 0theis may be accesseu thiough the CISB Bestiny libiaiy system. Thiough
synchionous uiscussion, each gioup membei will shaie the key points fiom the assigneu
iesouice so that the finuings fiom all iesouices aie shaieu. At the enu of the synchionous
uiscussion, gioup membeis will collaboiatively uevelop a wiki that synthesizes the iueas
fiom all iesouices iegaiuing inquiiy anu the natuie of science. Thioughout the week as
stuuents ieau chaptei S of the ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12) they will auu to the
wiki the new iueas fiom the ieauing as compaieu with the CTS iesouices. The final
assessment foi week 1 consists of a wiitten papei that synthesizes the iueas gleaneu
thiough the ieauings as well as the wiki to cieate a 7Su - 1uuu woiu papei (using APA style
foimatting) uesciibing what leaining might look anu sounu like within a classioom that is
fully implementing the eight science anu engineeiing piactices. A moie uetaileu uesciiption
of the iequiiements foi the papei anu the scoiing iubiic aie founu within Nouule 1 of the
Blackboaiu couise.
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The focus foi week 2 is the Ciosscutting Concepts of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*
(NRC, 2u12). Stuuents will ieau exceipts fiom <)31'>7-I%:'5 <6$$216H6& %35 ?3:7$6172)38
@'%1A23= I'F)35 7A' #%17: (Eiickson, 2uu2) in oiuei to builu backgiounu unueistanuing of
conceptual teaching. Stuuents will post iesponses to a uiscussion thieau within Blackboaiu
ielateu to concept-baseu teaching anu leaining. Stuuents will ieau Ch. 4 of @A' ,-./ 012'31'
#$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12); auu an auuitional uiscussion thieau baseu upon the ieauing, anu
iesponu to at least two othei stuuents' thieaus. To assess the week's unueistanuings,
stuuents will cieate an elaboiateu Yeai at a ulance uocument listing all of the units they
typically teach within a school yeai anu foi each, wiite a paiagiaph explaining which
ciosscutting concepts best apply to the unit anu how connecting to these will change
instiuction.
Weeks S-6 will focus on the uisciplinaiy coie iueas within @A' ,-./ 012'31'
#$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12)B Week S will focus on the Physical Sciences. Stuuents will begin by
examining concepts maps fiom @A' !7H%: +)$ 012'31' E27'$%1F (AAAS, 2uu1) to gain an
unueistanuing of veitical piogiession of conceptual unueistanuing of science content. Aftei
ieauing Ch. S in @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12), stuuents will uevelop a seiies of
concept maps that convey the veitical piogiession of conceptual unueistanuing of the
physical sciences.
Week 4 will begin with a viewing of the Annenbeig Neuia viueo, "Ninus of 0ui 0wn"
(Baivaiu-Smithsonian Centei foi Astiophysics, 1997). Stuuents will piocess the iueas
shaieu within the viueo by iesponuing to ieflective questions within Blackboaiu
uiscussion. Aftei ieauing Ch. 6 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$* (NRC, 2u12), stuuents will
select the life science Texas Essential Knowleuge anu Skills (TEKS) fiom any giaue level K-
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8 anu will uevelop a constiuctivist unit uesign using the template pioviueu within
Blackboaiu. The unit uesign will uemonstiate teaching foi conceptual unueistanuing anu
connecting to the big iueas within life sciences.
Week S will begin with a stuuy of uistiict assessment uata foi the last five yeais in
the aiea of eaith sciences. Stuuents will piocess the infoimation thiough giaphical
iepiesentation. Aftei ieauing Ch. 7 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*, stuuents will uevelop a
piofessional leaining plan foi the uistiict that specifically auuiesses the aieas within the
eaith sciences wheie oui stuuents have tiauitionally ieceiveu the lowest scoies. Resouices
such as the NSTA Leaining Centei anu the Annenbeig Neuia Centei may be utilizeu in the
uevelopment of the piofessional leaining plan. The plan will incluue the use of PLC time as
well as out of school time thiough both face-to-face anu uigital means of ueliveiy.
Stuuents will view a viueo about the engineeiing uesign piocess as moueleu by the
company IBE0 anu featuieu on the television piogiam calleu Nightline. Aftei ieflecting on
the viueo, stuuents will conuuct a viueo confeience call with gioup membeis to uiscuss the
engineeiing uesign piocess, how this compaies with scientific inquiiy anu how both
piocesses may be embeuueu within K-12 science classiooms. Stuuents will ieau Ch. 8 of
@A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*, which focuses on engineeiing, technology, anu the application
of science. In a culminating class papei, stuuents will ieflect on the science anu engineeiing
piactices, the ciosscutting concepts, anu the uisciplinaiy coie iueas anu will explain how to
incoipoiate these iueas into theii own science classiooms, the classiooms of othei science
teacheis at theii school, anu classiooms in othei schools acioss the school uistiict.


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Week 1 -
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on the
Science anu
Engineeiing
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st
- Face-to-face meeting will incluue oppoitunities to woik
collaboiatively with classmates to make meaning anu establish giounuing
in the ieseaich base that contiibuteu to @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*.
Assignments uuiing the week:
1. Reau past ieseaich ielateu to inquiiy anu the natuie of science
within youi assigneu iesouice (gioups anu iesouices aie founu
within Nouule 1 within Blackboaiu.)
2. Collaboiatively uiscuss the ieauings thiough a viueo call, anu
contiibute to lop a wiki that captuies the collective meaning.
S. Reau Chaptei S, pp. 41 - 82 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*.
4. Auu to the wiki the new iueas ielateu to inquiiy anu the natuie of
science baseu upon Ch. S of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*.
S. Synthesize the iueas gleaneu thiough the ieauings as well as the
uiscussion anu wiki to cieate a 7Su - 1uuu woiu papei (using APA
style foimatting) uesciibing what leaining might look anu sounu
like within a classioom that was fully implementing the 8 science
anu engineeiing piactices. A moie uetaileu uesciiption of the
iequiiements foi the papei anu the scoiing iubiic aie founu within
Nouule 1 of the Blackboaiu couise.

Week 2 -
Ciosscutting
Concepts

Assignments uuiing the week:
1. Reau the exceipt fiom Concept Baseu Cuiiiculum anu Instiuction:
Teaching Beyonu the Facts (Eiickson, 2uu2) that is linkeu within
Nouule 2 of the Blackboaiu couise.
2. Post a iesponse to the uiscussion thieau in Blackboaiu.
S. Reach Ch. 4 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*B
4. Cieate a uiscussion thieau anu ieply to at least two othei stuuents'
uiscussion thieaus.
S. Cieate an elaboiateu Yeai at a ulance uocument explaining how
youi will incoipoiate ciosscutting concepts into each of youi couise
units. Instiuctions anu a iubiic foi the Yeai at a ulance assessment
aie posteu within Nouule 2 in Blackboaiu.
Week S -
Bisciplinaiy
Coie Iueas:
Physical
Sciences
Assignments uuiing the week:
1. As uiiecteu within Nouule S, ieview the online iesouice fiom AAAS
that miiiois the !7H%: +)$ 012'31' E27'$%1FB Review the concept map
linking iueas fiom K-2, S-S, 6-8, anu 9-12 ielateu to foice anu
motion.
2. Reau Ch. S in @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*.
S. Following the mouel seen in step 1, cieate concept maps to tiack the
concepts auuiesseu within Ch. S so that the veitical piogiessions
can be seen. Noie specific uiiections anu a iubiic foi this
assessment aie founu within Nouule S in Blackboaiu.
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Week 4 -
Bisciplinaiy
Coie Iueas:
Life Sciences
Assignments Buiing the Week:
1. Besciibe a lesson that you expeiienceu eithei as a leainei oi as a
teachei within the Life Sciences. Post youi uesciiption within the
uiscussion boaiu in Blackboaiu.
2. view the viueo "Ninus of Theii 0wn"
http:www.leainei.oigiesouicesseiies26.html
S. Reflect on the essential questions posteu within Nouule 4 to
uevelop uiscussion posts within Blackboaiu baseu upon youi
ieactions to "Ninus of 0ui 0wn".
4. Reau Ch. 6 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*B
S. Select the life science stianu foi the Texas Essential Knowleuge anu
Skills foi any K-8 giaue level anu uevelop a constiuctivist unit
uesign thiough which leaineis make meaning about Life science
concepts, connecting to the big iueas uesciibeu within Ch. 6. The
unit uesign will incluue constiuctivist leaining expeiiences,
foimative assessments, summative assessments, anu scaffoluing
stiategies. A uetaileu uesciiption of the assessment anu a scoiing
iubiic aie founu within Nouule 4 in Blackboaiu.
Week S -
Bisciplinaiy
Coie Iueas:
Eaith anu
Space
Sciences
Assignments Buiing the Week:
1. 0tilizing the uistiict assessment uata pioviueu within Nouule S in
Blackboaiu, use uata analysis softwaie, such as Excel, to cieate a
giaphical iepiesentation of the uistiict's assessment scoies in eaith
science as compaieu with life anu physical sciences ovei the past
five yeais.
2. In Blackboaiu, uiscuss factois that you feel might be contiibuting to
the uistiict (anu state) peifoimance in the aiea of eaith science.
S. Reau Ch. 7 in @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*.
4. Look moie ueeply at the uistiict's assessment uata to ueteimine
wheie within the eaith sciences oui scoies aie the lowest. Also
ieflect on the uiscussion boaiu posts foi this week that auuiess
possible ieasons foi the low scoies.
S. 0tilizing iesouices such as the Annenbeig Neuia site
http:www.leainei.oig oi the NSTA 0nline Leaining Centei
http:leainingcentei.nsta.oig uevelop a compiehensive
piofessional uevelopment plan to inciease teacheis' backgiounu
knowleuge within the eaith sciences. The plan shoulu incluue the
use of PLC time within the school uay with a few aftei school anuoi
online tiaining sessions. Noie uetaileu iequiiements foi the PB plan
anu a scoiing iubiic aie founu within Nouule S in Blackboaiu.
Week 6 -
Bisciplinaiy
Coie Iueas:
Engineeiing,
Assignments Buiing the Week:
1. Watch the following viueo clip of the engineeiing uesign piocess at
IBE0 http:vimeo.com164S68SS
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Technology,
anu
Applications
of Science
2. Conuuct a viueo confeience call with youi gioup thiough Skype, QQI
oi othei similai seivice. In the confeience call uiscuss the IBE0
viueo anu how the engineeiing uesign piocess woiks. Compaie the
engineeiing uesign piocess to scientific inquiiy anu biainstoim
ways in which science classiooms might incoipoiate both.
S. Reau Ch. 8 of @A' ,-./ 012'31' #$%&'()$*B
4. Wiite a ieflective papei (7Su - 1uuu woius in APA foimat)
explaining how the leaining gaineu thiough the stuuy of @A' ,-./
012'31' #$%&'()$* might be useu to tiansfoim piactices within
youi own classioom, within all science classiooms within youi
school, anu within all schools within youi uistiict. Nake specific
iefeiences to infoimation that we ieau thiough this couise as well
as auuitional ielevant iefeiences.
















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Refeiences
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