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    Course Number: Education
    164-1
    Course Name: Early Childhood Education
    Semester: Summer,
    1976
    Course Description
    Direct instruction procedures based on the Distar curriculum for the
    initial teaching of reading, language and arithmetic in kindergarten and
    the primary grades.
    Dates
    Jean Osborn (first three weeks)
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    July 5-August 13
    Doug Carnine (second three weeks)
    Topics
    Presentation techniques.
    Days
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    Times
    Thursday 8:30-10:20
    Wednesday 8:30-11:20
    & Friday
    Strategies for teaching discriminations, naming, problem solving, and
    rule application.
    Analyzing tasks from Distar and other published programs.
    Sequencing tasks for instruction.
    Required Readings
    Engelmann, S. & Osborn, J. Distar Language Level I. Chicago: Science
    Research Associates,
    1976.
    Engelmann, S. & Carnine, D. Distar Arithmetic I. Chicago: Science
    Research Associates,
    1975.
    Engelmann, S. & Bruner, E. Distar Reading Level I. Chicago: Science
    Research Associates,
    1971t.
    Additional readings will be handed out in class.
    Requirements
    1. Format: lecture, discussions, and simulated teaching.
    2.
    Grading: three quizzes (one covering each subject area), analysis
    of samples from published programs, simulated teaching performance, and
    diagnostic-prescriptive test write-up.
    3.
    Daily preparation:
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    : Answer study questions and rehearse teaching
    simulations.

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