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Education 424-4 Learning Disabilities Practicum
REGULAR SUMMER SEMESTER 1983
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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. B. Wong
Office: MPX 9505
Telephone: 29114115
Fridays 8:30 - 12:20
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LOCATION: on campus
(During the month of July students must attend
one hour daily tutoring session (14 times per week)
Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 10:00 or 10:00 - 11:00)
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
1.
To provide practical knowledge on assessment and remediation of academic
learning disabilities.
2.
To teach monitoring of students' remedial progress on a daily basis.
PRE-REQUISITE: Education 1422
SPECIAL INFORMATION: Students in Dr. Wong's Education
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422 section are required to
tutor a student with academic learning disabilities during the
month of July. Tutoring hours are: one hour daily - four
mornings a week (Tuesday - Friday). There will be 2 shifts:
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9:00 - 10:00 a.m.; (2)
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10:00 - 11:00 a.m. ?
Tutoring
takes place in a school off campus. This tutoring schedule
is structured to enable Education 14214 students to see and
understand the progress or lack of progress in the pupils
they tutor under the supervision of Dr. Wong and her teaching
assistant.
COURSE OUTLINE:
May 13th
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How to assess reading problems in students
May 20th
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How to assess math problems in students
May 27th
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Conceptualizing the total learning environment so as to maximize the
match between teacher's objectives and students' instructional needs.
June 3rd
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Remediation of Methods I
June 10th ?
Seeing Education 14214 students individually to review assessment
and another ?
assignments
day to be
arranged with
class consensus
Jute
17th
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Remediat ion Methods II
June 214th
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Remediat ion Methods III
July 1st
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Preparation for practicum
Grading
(1)
First ?
assignment:
Assessment of
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individual ?
student's academic LD
15%
(2) Design of teaching
games and materials:
(A)
at the start of practicum
10
(B)
in the middle of practicum
10
(3)
Practicum written report
309
(14)
Short mid-term exam
35?
P.S. Dr. Wong is on leave until April 30th. She will be back on campus May 2nd.
Please leave messages with phone number for me if you have questions Karen/Vera
can't answer.
Pre-requisite of Education 422 cannot be waived.