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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Course Outline
MINOR IN LEARNING DISABILITIES
Education 424: Learning Disabilities Lab
Instructor: Dr. Bernice Wong (291-4348)
General Information
Summer Semester 1978
Duration of course: May 8th - August 4th
Location and Time:
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See below
Specific Information:
Pre-requisite: Ed 422 (Component course in Minor Program)
Time: (a) Lecture every Monday 10 a.m. - 12:30 from May 8th
to June 19th in Room AQ 5036.
(b) Lab practicuin 4 days per week, one hour per day,
starting July 3rd and ending July 27th. The lab
will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Mondays
to Thursdays, at two schools.
Students' selection of learning-disabled children/adolescents:
On the first day of class, you will be asked to state the
grade level (e.g., primary, intermediate or secondary), and learning
problem (reading or math or both) of the learning-disabled pupil you
want to work with. So think carefully about your choice.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will:
(1)
Demonstrate knowledge of various kinds of academic and non-
academic learning problems.
(2)
Demonstrate critical knowledge of various remedial approaches.
(3)
Demonstrate competence in assessment of academic learning
problems.
(4)
Demonstrate competence in planning a general remedial strategy
for academic learning problems.
Grading:
Students' final grade will be composed of:
(a)
One exam on June 26th ?
50%
(b)
Initial Assessment Report
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20%
(c) Lab Report (including final assessment 30%
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Lecture Schedule
Dates
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Lectures
May 8th
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Levels of Analysis of
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Reading Problems
2.
Remediation: A new technique: the
Vertical Word Processing
Approach
May 15th
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Focus on the learning disabled adolescent:
Assessment and Remediation of Reading Problems
- Lecture
- Films
May 22nd ?
Comprehension Problems:
1. Assessment and Remediation
2. Application of research information in
the remediation of comprehension problems.
Math Problems:
Assessment and Remediation
May 29th
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Formal Remedial Methodologies (I)
Task Analysis
June 5th
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Formal Remedial Methodologies (II)
1. Concept Analysis
2. Programming
June 12th ?
1. Marker variables in L.D.
2. Social Aspects of L.D.
3. Non-Academic L.D.
June 19th ?
1. Language-based reading problems
2. Assessment and Remediatiori of Language
Problems
3. Special domonstration workshop on the use
of a new test of language abilities.
(for primary teachers only.)
June 26th ?
EXAM
July 3rd ?
Lab practicum starts
