EDUC Outline
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2116/05
12:45 PM
SUMMER SEMESTER 2005
EDUC 422-4
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LEARNING DISABILITIES
(D01.00)
DR. MAUREEN HOSKYN
Office: EDB 8641
Phone: 291-5808
Email: mhoskyn@sfu.ca
THURSDAYS 13:00-16:50 in EDB 7600F
PREREQUISITE:
60 credit hours & EDUC 220 (corequisite).
Objectives:
Education 422 is a theory-based course that is complimentary to Education 424, the practical lab-based course on children
with learning disabilities. In Education 422, students will be introduced to the theoretical issues and foundations of the field of
learning disabilities. Issues that will be discussed include: the identification of children with learning disabilities, language
based learning disabilities (reading and writing), non-verbal learning disabilities, attention and memory, social learning
disabilities.
Course assignments:
Summary of readings
Class participation
Annotated bibliography
1 paper
Final
20 marks
10 marks
15 marks
15 marks
40 marks
Textbook
Smith, Corinne Roth (2004) Learning Disabilities: The Interaction of Students and their Environments. Boston MA: Allyn
and Bacon. ISBN: 0205319521
Courseware: Available from the SFU bookstore.
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