Literacy Tutoring In Content

Catalog description

Explores selection, planning and implementation of effective reading and writing tutoring techniques that can be used with students in today's demanding classrooms. Methods to strengthen independent learning and improve study and test-taking skills as well as strategies for individual and small group instruction, work study and reading comprehension and writing skills will be presented. Emphasizes ethical issues for developmentally appropriate tutoring with students and establishing quality interactions among all members of the teaching team. Includes characteristics of struggling readers and writers, documentation of their progress, and evaluation of the tutoring sessions. Support for diverse readers and ways to motivate low-achieving students will also be a focus. Co-requisite: NONE