Intro to Balanced Literacy

Catalog description

Introduction to Balanced Literacy: Diagnostics and Overview: This course teaches candidates how to identify, interpret, and prescribe strategies in order to meet the needs of individual learners in the areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Formal and informal diagnostic measures are studied. This course also examines spelling instruction through the lens of English orthography and analyzes the role of spelling literacy development. A field experience is required. (Offered every spring term.)