EDUC 605cc - Assessing and Correcting Literacy Problems Practicum in Early Childhood and Childhood

Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 507
This course includes the study and practice of assessment of pupils’ literacy abilities and the instructional techniques that are useful for developing literacy abilities with disabled and diverse readers. It includes the review of the multiple causalities of literacy problems and discussion of testing procedures useful for evaluating these factors in literacy difficulties. Specific strategies for developing literacy skills in a variety of skill areas are presented. This course requires working with individual and small groups of students in a college-supervised laboratory setting. Twenty-five hours of fieldwork required. Offered in fall and spring only