Reading Education

Factors contributing to reading skill development. Techniques for teaching reading in the content areas.

Systematic approaches in using literature to encourage voluntary reading and build comprehensive skills: thematic units and using multiethnic literature to help children function more effectively in a pluralistic society.

Approaches to teaching reading in the elementary school: emergent literacy (phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, and fluency), vocabulary, comprehension, integration of reading and writing and teaching reading to students with special needs. Focus is on Response to Intervention with Scientifically based Reading Instruction (SBRI). Also includes observation of a variety of school settings, including one extended experience in a specific assigned classroom.

Designed to increase understanding of corrective reading strategies in elementary and secondary schools. Students will be able to demonstrate proficient application of their understanding of the following: the analytic approach to corrective and remedial reading; formal and informal measurements of reading performances; intervention strategies; instructional material; current trends and issues related to reading programs. Assessment is addressed using a 3 TIER Model of reading instruction.