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EDUC 422 - 4 ?

Dr. B. Wong

Learning Disabilities ?

Office: MPX 9505

Tel: ?

291-4115

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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, motivational problems in students with LD, metacognition

and LD, social aspects of LD.

OBJECTIVES

This course focuses on the conceptual and research 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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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.