&ON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Fall Semester

1997

EDUC

422 - 4

Learning Disabilities

Dr. B. Wong

Office: 9505mpc

Tel: 291-4115

E1.00

E-mail: bwong@sfu.ca

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

•

3 Short Think Papers - 30%

• Midterm Exam - 35%

• Final Exam - 35%

REQUIRED READING

Wong, B.Y.L. The ABC's of Learning Disabilities (1996) San Diego: Academic Press.

ISBN 0-12-762545-3.