Course Descriptions
Undergraduate
READ 3225. Teaching Reading to Elementary School Learners.
(W) (3) Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education in elementary
or special education. Corequisites for elementary majors: EDUC
3220, 3223, and 3226. Research, theory, and instructional practices
related to the reading process and reading instruction in the
elementary school; relationship between language development and
reading; examination of instructional materials, including literature,
basal readers, and informational texts; field-based application
of course content. (Fall, Spring)
READ 3255.Integrating Reading and Writing Across Content Areas.
(W) (3) Theories, research and instructional methods associated
with reading and writing in the content areas of the middle and
secondary school curriculum. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)
READ 5260. Relationship Between Writing and Reading K-12. (3)
(3G) Theories, research and instructional methods pertaining
to related developmental processes of reading and writing from
pre-school through high school. (Spring) (Evenings)
READ 5270. Trends and Issues in Reading/Language Arts. (1-3)
(1-3G) Theories, research and instructional methods associated
with reading and the language arts, pre-school through high school;
questions of effectiveness related to instructional approaches
and materials; related topics such as dialect, testing and literacy.
(Fall) (Evenings)
READ 6250. Language Development and Reading. (3G) Theories,
research, instructional approaches and materials, and evaluation
strategies pertaining to the relationship between the development
of language competence and performance and the development of
reading abilities and interest. (Fall, Summer) (Evenings)
READ 6260. Diagnostic Instruction in Reading. (3G) Prerequisite:
READ 6250 or permission of instructor. Examination, use, and critique
of theories and research about reading processes and problems;
diagnostic approaches and techniques; instructional strategies
to improve reading proficiency. (Spring, Summer) (Evenings)
READ 6470. Practicum in Reading Instruction. (3G) Prerequisite:
READ 6260 or permission of instructor. Application and evaluation
of instructional approaches in reading; working with students
and colleagues in planning, implementing, observing and evaluating
instruction. (Fall) (Evenings)
READ 6480. Seminar on K-12 Reading. (3G) Prerequisites:
completion of graduate reading course sequence and permission
of instructor. Analysis and investigation of current research,
theory, practices and programs in reading, including training
and experience in conducting in-service sessions and assisting
school staff members in planning, implementing and evaluating
the total school program. Offered only on a Pass/No Credit
basis. (Spring) (Evenings)
Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate
Graduate Only
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