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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
SUMMER SEMESTER 2006
EDUC 473-4
DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: READING
(D01.00)
DR. PAUL NEUFELD
Office: EDB 9502
Phone: 291-4390
Tuesday 8:30-12:20 in EDB 8620B
PREREQUISITE:
EDUC
401/402.
DESCRIPTION
The ability to read and write effectively is fundamental to success in school. Thus, providing students
with high quality instruction that enables them to become effective readers and writers is one of the most
important challenges faced by teachers. This course focuses on how best to meet this challenge. To this
end, we will explore the research supported theoretical principles that undergird effective instructional
practices in reading and learn about, model, and discuss various methods of evaluation and instruction
designed to develop the literacy skills of students.
TOPICS COVERED
•
A Look at Reading Instruction from an Historical Perspective
• Reading Across the Life Span: Developmental Perspectives
• The Reading Process
• Comprehension Instruction
• Vocabulary Instruction
• Early Literacy Instruction
• Reading-Writing Connections
• Developing an Effective "Program" of Literacy Instruction
• Assessment and Evaluation
REQUIRED TEXTS
Cunningham, P. M., Moore, S. A., Cunningham, J. W., & Moore, D. W. (2000). Reading and writing
in elementary classrooms: Strategies and observations (4th ed.). Allyn & Bacon; ISBN: 0801330637
Rasinski, T.V., & Padak, N.D. (2001). From Phonics to Fluency: Effective Teaching of Decoding &
Reading Fluency in the Elementary School. Toronto: Allyn & Bacon ISBN: 0321049039
Additional readings from photocopies and WWW.
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