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    EDUCATION 424-4
    Spring, 1979
    LEARNING DISABILITIES, LABORATORY
    Thursdays:
    4:30 - 8:30
    p.m.
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    Instructor: Dr. L.M. Prock.
    MPX 8642
    EDUC.
    424
    is designed to provide regular classroom teachers with a level of
    competence sufficient for the non-clinical treatment of children with learning
    disabilities. Emphasis in terms of content, assignments, discussions, laboratory
    experiences, and readings will be upon those procedures of assessment and instructional
    programming that may maximally increase the achievement levels of learning disabled
    students. The laboratory base of Educ.
    424
    will feature treatment of learning
    disabilities in a selection of regular classrooms.
    The following major topics will be addressed:
    1. Data management: collection and assessment of information on learning;
    and, instructional accommodation of assessments of learning disabilities.
    2.
    Task analysis.
    3.
    Procedures of instructional programming.
    4. Selection, analysis and evaluation of instructional materials.
    5.
    "Invention" techniques for individual treatments of learning disabilities.
    6. Classroom management of children with learning disabilities.
    7.
    Formation and testing of diagnostic hypotheses in relation to learning
    disabilities.
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    Mann, P.H. and Suiter, P. Handbook in Diagnostic Teaching: a learning?
    disabilties approach, (abridged ed.) Allyn and Bacon,
    1974.
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    EDUCATION 424: Learning Disabilities Lab. (Intersession)
    Instructor: Dr. Bernice Wong (291-4348)
    Simon Fraser University
    GENERAL INFORMATION
    Intersession, 1978
    Duration of Course: May 8th - June 16th
    Location: (see Specific Information below)
    Time: (see Specific Information below)
    SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
    Pre-requisite: EDUCATION 422
    Time: (a) Lecture on every Monday, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. in Room AQ 5014
    (b) Lab practicum held from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Tues, Weds.
    Thurs. and Fri. (Four daily sessions per week). The lab
    practIcum will be held at Cariboo Elementary, Burnaby,
    from mid-May to mid-June (4 weeks).
    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, secondary) and learning problem (e.g., reading or
    math, or both) of the learning-disabled pupil you wish to work with. So
    think carefully about your choice here.
    TEXT: T.B.A.
    COURSE OBJECTIVES
    This intersession course is designed to give student teachers some basic
    general training in recognizing and assessing learning problems. The emphasis
    is on the word 'general". In contrast, the course given as a component of the
    MINOR PROGRAM IN LEARNING DISABILITIES is designed to give student teachers
    more intensive training.
    At the end of this intersession course, students will demonstrate competence
    in identification and assessment of academic learning problems.
    GRADING
    Students final grade will comprise of the following sources:
    (a)
    One exam on June 12th, Monday (50%)
    (b)
    Initial Assessment Report
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    (20%)
    (c)
    Lab Report
    (including final assessment (30%)
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    COURSE OUTLINE - EDUCATION 424
    DATE
    May 8th
    LECTURE
    Reading Problems
    1.
    Diagnosis
    2.
    Remediation
    (Concluding statement on diagnosis and
    remediation of reading problems)
    3. The role of pre-reading skills in
    reading disability
    4. The importance of recording remedial
    progress
    Spe
    lling Problems
    1, Diagnosis
    2. Remediation
    May 15th
    May 22nd
    Language Problems
    1. Identification of language problems
    2.. Language problems as related to
    reading problems
    3. Remediation
    4.
    Non-academic learning problems
    Comprehension problems:
    Assessment & Remediation
    M4-1,
    Assessment & Remediation
    May 29th
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    Formal Methodologies in Remediation I:
    Task Analysis
    June 5th
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    Formal Methodologies in Remediation II:
    Concept Analysis
    June 12th
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    EXAM
    June 16th
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    DEADLINE FOR LAB REPORT

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