WGU's published description opens with the purpose: developing a comprehensive understanding of science and engineering pedagogical knowledge. D885 is the first of three science teaching methods courses in this graduate sequence, providing a robust foundation in integrating disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices into phenomena-based curriculum and instruction. Candidates plan learning experiences, design instructional strategies, and use phenomena-based teaching to promote engagement and understanding, and the description emphasizes reflective practices: evaluating observed teaching, analyzing personal teaching methods, and reviewing course content for continuous improvement. The same description states the course is assessed via an integrated performance assessment task requiring candidates to demonstrate their instructional skills.
Four catalog tables carry D885, all at term 3: the M.A. in Teaching, Science Education secondary degrees in biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics, where it sits beside D808 General Secondary Methods and the track's own secondary curriculum course. Two honest notes. First, D885 has a same-named undergraduate twin, D874 (EDUC 3267, 3 CUs), in the bachelor's science education tables; the codes and credit counts differ, so check which code your portal shows. Second, these are licensure degrees: the same term 3 carries D726 Early Clinical in Secondary Education, and all live classroom, clinical, and student-teaching requirements stay with you. We complete the written, scored academic work. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.