EDUC.
424-4
LEARNING DISABILITIES LAB
6
REGULAR SEMESTER 1981
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Bernice Wong
Tuesday ?
Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:20
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LOCATION: Campus
NOTE: All students are required to
spend one hour, four mornings
a week during the month of July
(Monday to Thursday, 9:00 - 10:00
or 10:00 - 11:00) tutoring
learning disabled children.
Why stipulate four mornings a week for such remedial tutoring, you may ask?
The reason is this: In order for you to have a truly representative picture
of -
how a learning-disabled child functions, and how well his/her remedial
progress is, you need to see that learning-disabled student on a continuous
basis for a prolonged period. Effective remediation has to he consistent,
preferrably daily for an optimal period of time which does not cause fatigue
in the learning-disabled student. So, the cost/benefit analysis is that you
learn more this way, the learning-disabled student also profits more. But
obviously you have to exert more effort. 'Only hard-working students are
encouraged to enrol in my section.
TOPICS COVERED:
1.
Diagnosis and remediation of reading problems
2.
Diagnosis and remediation of arithmetic problems
3.
Diagnosis and remediation of comprehension problems
4.
Task analysis
S. Concept analysis
6.
Monitoring your remedial progress
7.
How to test a learning-disabled student, using formal and informal materials
8.
How to plan a remedial' program
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.
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DING
Students' final grade will he composed of:
(a)
one exam
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50%
(b)
initial assessment report
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20%
(c)
Lab Report (including final assessment)
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30%
TEXTBOOKS:
Primary Elementary: HARING, LOVITT, EATON F, HANSEN; THE 4TH R: RESEARCH IN
THE CLASSROOM; Charles E. Merrill; 1978
Secondary: ALLEY F DESHLER; TEACHING THE LEARNING DISABILITIES ADOLESCENT:
STRATEGIES AND METHODS; Love Pub. Co., 1979