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    Education
    1422-4
    Learning Disabilities
    FALL, 1983
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    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Bernice Wong
    Office: MPX 9505
    Telephone: 291-4115
    Mondays, 14:30 -'8:30
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    LOCATION:' on campus
    INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
    I. To impart conceptual knowledge of the Learning Disabilities field.
    2. To analyze academic problems and instructional needs of the Learning
    Disabilities students from the teachers" perspective.
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    September 12th
    Introduction:
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    Concept and definition of
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    learning ?
    disabilities
    (LD)
    19th
    Reading problems of 'LD students
    26th
    Math problems of LD students
    October ?
    3rd
    Memory problems and metacognitive aspects of LD
    17th
    Social ?
    aspects of LD
    214th
    MIDTERM
    31st Needs and
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    issues ?
    in ?
    instructing LD children:
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    from the
    the perspective of primary teachers
    November ?
    7th
    Needs and
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    issues ?
    in ?
    instructing LD children:
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    from the
    perspective of
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    intermediate teachers
    114th
    Needs and
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    issues
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    in ?
    instructing LD adolescents:
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    from the
    perspective of secondary teachers
    21st
    Task analysis and concept analysis
    28th
    FINAL EXAM
    GRADING: Midterm -50%
    Final exam - 50?
    TEXT: ?
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    Mercer, Cecil.
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    Learning Disabilities' (1979).
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    COURSE
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    SSn Fraser University /
    EDUCATION 422-4 OUTLINE
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    Department of Education
    LEARNING DISABILITIES ?
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    This course provides a framework on understanding learning
    disabilities. It focuses on conceptual, historical and theoretical
    issues of the learning disabilities field, as well as fundamental
    steps in assessment and remediation of learning problems. It is the
    pre-requisite to Education 424, LEARNING DISABILITIES PRACTICUM.
    The course is divided into the following units:
    UNIT I
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    - History
    II ?
    - Definitions
    III - Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part I)
    IV ?
    - Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part II)
    and Critique of Old Theories of Learning Disabilities
    V ?
    - New Theories of Learning Disabilities
    VI
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    - Assessment of Reading Problems
    VII - Assessment of Arithmetic Problems
    VIII - Visual Discrimination Problems
    IX ?
    - Task Analysis
    X ?
    - Case Studies in Assessment and Remediation:
    XI ?
    ((a) a primary learning disability child,
    & XII ?
    (b) an intermediate learning disability child,
    & (c) a secondary learning disability child.)
    COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    Students are required to complete three assignments on given
    topics:
    Assignment
    I:
    Definition
    - 15%
    of
    grade.
    Assignment
    II:
    Social Aspects -
    25% of
    grade.
    7ssignment
    III:
    Theory ?
    - 30% of
    grade.
    The final examination will comprise 30% of the course grade.
    REQUIRED TEXT:
    BRYAN, Tanis & James, Understanding Learning Disabilities, (Alfred
    Pub. Co. In., Sherman Oaks, 1978)
    FARNHAM-DIGGORY, Sylvia, Learning Disabilities, (Harvard University
    Press, Cambridge, 1978)
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    Education 422-4 Learning Disabilities
    FALL, 1983
    ?
    INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Bernice Wong
    Office: MPX 9505
    Telephone: 291-4115
    ?
    Mondays, 4:30 - ?
    8:30
    ?
    LOCATION: on campus
    INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
    1.
    To impart conceptual knowledge of the Learning Disabilities field.
    2.
    To analyze academic problems and instructional needs of the Learning
    Disabilities students from the teachers' perspective.
    LECTURE OUTLINE:
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    September 12th
    ?
    Introduction: Concept and definition of learning disabilities
    (LD)
    ?
    19th ?
    Reading problemsofLD students
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    26th ?
    Math problems of LD students
    October
    ?
    3rd
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    Memory problems and metacognitive aspects of LD
    ?
    17th
    ?
    Social aspects of LD
    ?
    24th ?
    MIDTERM
    ?
    31st ?
    Needs and issues in instructing LD children: from the
    the perspective of primary teachers
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    November 7th
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    Needs and issues in instructing LD children: from the
    ?
    perspective of intermediate teachers
    ?
    14th ?
    Needs and issues in instructing LD adolescents: from the
    perspective of secondary teachers
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    21st ?
    Task analysis and concept analysis
    ?
    28th ?
    FINAL EXAM.
    GRADING: Midterm - 509
    Final exam - 50
    TEXT:
    ?
    Mercer, Cecil.
    ?
    Learning Disabilities (1979).

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