Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Disabilities

3 units

This course is the second of three courses on teaching reading and writing, with an emphasis on readers, texts, and assessment. The purposes of this course are to address issues of the differences and disabilities that may occur in reading processes; evaluation of students' reading skills; analysis of texts for their use by readers; and designing classroom reading activities that assist students in all kinds of materials. Prerequisite: Completion of EDUC 4681/6681 AND completion of EDUC 470/670 OR permission of instructor.