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•se Niunber ; Education 422
Summer Session 1977
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Calendar Description:
Diagnosis and renEdiation of Learning Disabilities in clinical
and classroom settings.
Course Information:
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Dates
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Tine ?
Place
Stanley Auerbach
July 4-August 12 Tues & Thurs
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12:30-4:30 ?
AQ 5014
Areas to be covered:
1.
"Learning Disabilities" - Definitional Issues
2.
Recognition and assessuent of children with learning problems
3.
A model of learning
4.
Task analysis as a rerredial strategy
5.
Instructional modifications in lesson planning
6.
Behavioral inverventions (contracting)
7.
Applications of Task Analysis - to reading and other skill
acquisition areas
8.
Conceptual teaching via direct instruction
9.
History of the field of Learning Disabilities
Ass ignilents and Grading
1.
Weekly test 60%
2.
Term paper (ten pages) or Project (curriculum program) 30%
3.
An annotated bibliography of reading completed during the course 10%
Required Readings
1.
Teaching the Learning Disabled Child: Haring & Bateman
2.
The Improvement of Instruction: Haring
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Hayden
Recommended Readings
1.
Preparing Instructional Objectives: Mager
2.
Task Analysis: Bateman
3.
Conceptual Learning: Engleimann
4.
Preventing Failure in Primary Grades: Englernann
S. Modifying Classroom Behavior: Buckley and Walker
6. Families: Patterson