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Education 422-4 Learning Disabilities

INTERSESSION 1983

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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. B. Wong

Office: MPX 9505

Telephone: 291-4115

Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:30 - 12:20

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LOCATION: on campus

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:

1. To impart knowledge of:

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(a) history and concept of learning disabilities

(b) assessment models and methods

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salient aspects of learning disabilities

(structural, social and strategic aspects).

2. To consider the instructional issues in learning disabilities from the respective

perspectives of the primary, intermediate and secondary teachers.

COURSE OUTLINE:

May

10th Problems ?

and ?

issues ?

in ?

learning ?

disabilities

May

12th Models ?

and methods ?

in assessing ?

learning ?

disabilities

(i) ?

Psychoeducational

(2) ?

Informal

(3) ?

Curriculum-based

May

17th

Reading problems

May

19th

Math problems

May

24th

Memory problems

Metacognitive aspects of LD

May

26th

Midterm exam

May

31st Social ?

aspects ?

of LD

June

2nd From the perspective of the primary teachers:

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needs and

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issues ?

in

instructing ?

LD children

June

7th

From the perspective of the intermediate teacher:

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needs and ?

issues ?

in

instructing ?

LD ?

children

June 9th From the perspective of the secondary teacher: ?

needs and

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issues ?

in

instructing ?

LD adolescents

June 14th

Review and epilogue

June

16th Final ?

exam

Grading: First exam - 50

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Second exam - 50

TEXT: ?

Lerner, Janet.

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Learning Disabilities (1981).

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P. S. Dr. Wong is on leave until April 30th. She'll be back on May 2nd. If you

have any questions that Karen/Vera can't answer, leave me a note with your

phone number and I'll get back to you.