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EDUCATION 422-4
LEARNING DISABJLffIES
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Fall Semester, 1991
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Instructor: Dr. Bernice Wong
(September 3 - November 29)
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Telephone: 291-4115
Tuesdays, 4:30-8:20 p.m.
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Messages: 291-3395
Location: MPX 8620
PREREQUISITES
60 hours of credit. EDUC 220 or equivalent Instructional Psychology
course recommended.
COURSE DESCRWFION
This course focuses on the conceptual, research and assessment aspects
of learning disabilities. It is the prerequisite course to Education 424:
Learning Disabilities practicum/lab. Educ 424 focuses on providing
students with instruction and practice in informal assessment of
reading and mathematics problems and remediation of them.
Major topics covered in Educ 422 include: A lifespan
approach to
understanding learning disabilities (LD),
conceptual and definitional
issues in LD, a language-oriented view to reading disability, visual
processing problems, reading research and LD, metacognition and LD,
social aspects of LD, assessment of reading problems, math problems
and writing problems of LD students.
TEXTBOOK
Wong, B.Y.L. (1991). Learning About Learning Disabilities. Academic
Press. ISBN 0-12-762530-5.
GRADING
Two exams: one midterm and one final exam (each worth 40%)
One essay: worth 20%
INTENDED AUDIENCE OF THE COURSE
Students in education, psychology, counselling, nursing, and practicing
teachers.
Centre for Distance Educn
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Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
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291-3524
EDUCATION 422-4
LEARNING DISABILITIES
This course provides a framework for understanding learning disabilities. It focuses on
conceptual, historical and theoretical issues in the learning disabilities field, as well as
fundamental steps in assessment and remediation of learning problems. It is the
prerequisite to Education 424 (Learning Disabilities Practicum). The course is divided
into the following units:
Unit I
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History
Unit II
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Definitions
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Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part I)
Unit IV
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Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part II) and Critique
Unit V
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New Theories of Learning Disabilities
Unit VI Assessment of Reading Problems
Unit VII Assessment of Arithmetic Problems
Unit VIII Visual Discrimination Problems
Unit IX Task Analysis
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Case Studies in Assessment and Remediation
Unit XI ?
a) a primary learning disabled child
Unit XII
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b) an intermediate learning disabled child
c) a secondary learning disabled child
PREREQUISITE:
Required: 60 credit hours
Recommended: Educ 220 or equivalent
REQUIRED TEXT:
Hallahan, D.P., J.M. Kauffman & J. Lloyd.
Introduction to Learning Disabilities. (2nd
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Prentice-Hall, 1985.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
3 Assignments ?
60% (20% each)
Final Examination ?
40%
