Read/Learn Content Area

Catalog description

Reading and Learning in Content Areas. Three semester hours. This course is designed for graduate students in the emergency permit program seeking initial teacher certification. The focus is on reading comprehension, concept development and strategies for interacting with expository materials. The role of the teacher, the text, and the student are examined in the learning process. Text analysis methods, teacher directed strategies, reader-based strategies, and literature are discussed as appropriate for all elementary and secondary grade levels. Enrollment is limited to teachers on emergency certification.