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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 422-4
LEARNING DISABILITIES?
(E1.0O)
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(Cat. #93924)
Fall Semester 1993
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Instructor: ?
Dr. Bernice Wong
(September 7 - December 6)
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Office: ?
MPX 9505
Monday, 16:30 - 20:20
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Telephone: ?
291-4115
Location: MPX 8620
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Messages: ?
291-3395
PREREQUISITES
60 hours of credit and EDUC 220, or EDUC 401/402.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
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Wong, B.Y.L. (1991). Learning About Learning Disabilities. Academic
Press. ISBN 0-12-762530-5.
GRADING
Two quizzes, each worth 30%
Two short, 3 page Think Papers, each worth 10% (total 20%)
One long, 8 page essay worth 20%
