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SUMMER SEMESTER 2007

EDUC 473-4

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: READING

DR. PAUL NEUFELD

Office: EDB 9502

Phone: 291-4390

WEDNESDAY 8:30-12:20 in AQ

5046

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.). Toronto: 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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