Fund & Corr Strat in Rdg.

Catalog description

This course is designed to investigate reading instruction in the elementary grades. This will include a study of the reading process, methods of instruction, materials available, and reading skills. Methods, procedures, and techniques of identifying, analyzing, and correcting reading difficulties will be explored. Students will participate in a practicum experience (45 hours maximum per semester arranged with the instructor, school, and candidate) which will provide an opportunity to obtain classroom experience in strategies that will help the struggling reader. Graduate credit requirements are described in the course syllabus. Prerequisite: Level I Admission to Teacher Education, and EDUC 500 , EDUC 576 , and EDUC 580 . Because this is an upper division course, expectations for student performance is at an advanced level. Evaluation of course requirements is more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course.