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    Education 424 Learning Disabilities
    Summer session
    (July
    3rd to August 10th)
    Instructor: Dr. Bernice Wong (office NPX 9505, tel. 291-4115)
    Course content
    This course deals with the assessment and remediation of learning
    disabilities. Each student will be working with a learning-disabled stunt
    daily (Tues, Weds, Thurs and Fri) for one hour daily (2 p.m. to 3
    a designated school. Students are to indicate the choice of learning-disabled
    students they want to work with, e.g. primary, intermediate or secondary. If
    you are on campus, please sign up on my notice board outside my office your
    choice of learning-disabled students).
    Course objectives
    (1)
    That students demonstrate competence in assessing learning problems
    in learning-disabled students
    (2)
    That student demonstrate competence in applying remedial principles
    and measurement of the learning-disabled students' remedial progress.
    Grading system
    Case report on learning-disabled student
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    (30%)
    Assignments and one short exam
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    (70)%
    Those in my 422 section need not worry about time conflict with
    seminar on Weds at 2:30 to 4:20p.m. It will be cancelled.
    Timetable of lectures
    Mondays
    July
    2nd
    8:30 to 12:20
    Reading assessment
    Weds
    July
    4th
    Reading assessment continued,
    remedial principles in dealing with
    reading problems
    July
    9th ?
    July 11th
    Assessing comprehension
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    Remediating comprehension problems
    problems.
    July
    16th
    Assessing arith problems
    July
    23rd
    Review
    July
    30th
    Task analysis
    August 6th
    Concept analysis
    July
    18th
    Remediating arith problems
    July
    25th
    Language problems: Assessment
    August 1st
    Task analysis continued
    August 8th
    Wrapping-up session
    Textbook: The 4th R By Raring,
    Lovitt,
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    Eaton and Hansen (1978) Charles Merrill pub.

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