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SUMMER SEMESTER 2004 COURSE OUTLINE
EDUC 422-4 (EDUCATION)
LEARNING DISABILITIES
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This course provides a framework for understanding learning disabilities. It focuses on conceptual,
historical and research issues in the learning disabilities field. It is the prerequisite or corequisite to
Education 424 (Learning Disabilities Practicum).
Each chapter of the assigned text has its own accompanying sets of review and thinking questions.
Students should carefully work through these questions. They are for your own benefit and are not
to be handed in for marking.
Prerequisite: 60
credit hours. Corequisite: EDUC 220.
TEXT(S):
Wong, Bernice Y. L.
The ABCs of Learning Disabilities,
Academic Press Inc.,
1996.
REQUIREMENTS:
Three Think Papers
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30%
Mid-term examination
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35%
Final examination
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35%
REQUIREMENTS NOTE:
Please see exam schedule in Registration Timetable.
DELIVERY MODE:
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MODE OF DELIVERY NOTE:
SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:
Course materials and service fee $40.00
Deposit for additional materials
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$25.00
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