DIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Fall Semester 1999
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EDUC 422 - 4
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Dr. Bernice Wong
Learning Disabilities ?
Office: MPX 9505
Tel: 291-4115
E01.00
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E-mail: bwong@sfu.ca
PREREQUISITE
60 credit hours & corequisite 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, and social
aspects of LD.
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, mathematic
and writing problems and remediation of them.
REQUIREMENTS
• 3 Short Think Papers - 30%
• Midterm Exam - 35%
• Final Exam - 35%
REQUIRED READING
Wong, B.Y.L. (1996). The ABC's of Learning Disabilities San Diego: Academic Press.
ISBN 0-12-762545-3.