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9.- Reading Education (RED) Courses
5340 Current Topics in Reading Education (3-0)
Opportunity to develop competencies necessary to deal effectively with reading instruction; includes curriculum, concepts, teaching strategies, and skills necessary to integrate content and teaching strategies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
5341 The Diagnostic Teaching of Reading (3-0)
Standardized and informal materials and techniques of diagnosing the reading strengths and weaknesses of individuals and groups, techniques and materials for building specific reading abilities, and methods of individualizing instruction and grouping according to student needs and interests. Prerequisite: RED 3340 or RED 3342.
5343 Psychology of Reading (3-0)
Psychological and linguistic foundations of the reading processes of beginning and skilled readers; special emphasis on problems of culturally different children, comprehension skills, and analysis of relevant research.
5344 Seminar in Reading (3-0)
In-depth exploration of ways of developing higher level cognitive, affective, psychomotor, and psycholinguistic abilities of students through the use of printed materials and other media. Individual and/or group creative projects and research findings will be shared. Prerequisite: RED 3340 or RED 3342.
5345 Remedial Reading (3-0)
Operation and administration of remedial reading programs, including the screening procedures for selection of students as well as criteria for selecting and designing materials suitable for use in remedial reading. Strategies for counseling and teaching disabled readers are also emphasized. Prerequisite: RED 3340 or 3342.
5346 Clinical Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties (3-0)
comprehensive study of, and clinical practice in, the diagnosis of specific, limiting, and complex cases of reading and writing disability. Offers the opportunity for experience in administering and interpreting formal and informal assessment tools and in the analysis and synthesis of findings for case studies. Prerequisite: RED 3340 or RED 3342.
5347 Clinical Reading Laboratory Experience (2-1)
Actual laboratory experience for application of concepts, media, and evaluation to meet the needs of disabled readers. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: RED 4341 or RED 5341 or RED 5346.
5348 Issues and Problems in Adult Literacy (3-1-0)
In-depth exploration of issues and problems in the field of adult literacy including family, basic, workplace, and academic literacy.
5349 Literacy Education Internship (1-5-3)
An internship served with university faculty or a team of university and clinical faculty in an elementary, middle, secondary, community college, or university setting. Course content and requirements will be contracted on an individual basis.
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