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Semester 96-3 Session: Regular
Instructor: B. Wong
Office: 9505mpc
Tel: 291-4115
Fax: 291-3203
E-mail: Bernice_Wong@sfu.ca
EDUC 422 -4 Learning Disabilities
Section: E1.00
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Scheduled Final Exam: No
PREREQUISITE
60 credit hours & Educ 220
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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.
OBJECTIVES
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.
REQUIREMENTS
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Two quizzes, each worth 35%
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..........................................................................................................................70%
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Two short, 3 page Think Papers, each worth 15%..............................................................................................30%
READINGS
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0-12-762545-3 ?
Wong,
B.Y.L. ?
San Diego: Academic The ABC's of Learning Disabilities
Press
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