Early Lit Assessment&Instruct

Catalog description

Provides a research-based understanding of the cognitive, socio-cultural, linguistic, and motivational influences on early literacy and language development. Topics include: understanding reading research, cognitive psychology's contributions to understanding the reading process, language development, the process of how the brain learns to read, literacy assessments to guide instruction, high leverage practices in each of the components of reading and writing instruction, and how to incorporate these components into culturally and linguistically diverse early elementary classrooms. Students are required to complete mandatory service-learning hours in a classroom or tutoring environment for students in grades K-2.