Practicum of Literacy Assessment and Instructional Policies II - Secondary Populations

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare secondary classroom teachers and reading specialists for teaching reading to secondary school students and adult populations in urban and diverse settings. Content includes characteristics of secondary students in grades 7-12 and adult learners, language patterns and structures common to various subject-area texts, and techniques to teach reading and writing strategies in secondary and adult classrooms. This course provides an in-depth study of current approaches to assessment for struggling readers and writers in grades 7-12. In supervised experiences, students will learn how to use a range of formal and informal assessment tools and methods to diagnose and assess reading and writing development, to direct instructional strategies and methodology and to involve the learner in self-assessment.