Course Details
Course Code: EDUC613 Course ID: 3950 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate
This course concentrates on interdisciplinary teaching and learning in elementary, middle, and high schools. Witnessing and discussing a range of cross-curricular activities, participants will develop an understanding of the benefits, challenges, and essential components of effective integrated instruction.
Course Schedule
Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
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12/28/20 - 06/04/21 | 06/07/21 - 08/01/21 | Spring 2021 Session D | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
• Describe important issues in student literacy and reading development
• Analyze a model for teaching reading across the content areas that incorporates evidence based instruction
• Identify the characteristics of readers (e.g. proficient readers, struggling readers, ELLS, etc.)
• Create differentiated reading assessments
• Create explicit instruction and strategies for improving comprehension
• Explain how to support readers in using metacognition strategies
• Compare/contrast vocabulary development and oral language development (including how they are linked to comprehension and fluency)
• Explain how word study and orthographic knowledge relate to comprehension and fluency
• Analyze scaffolding strategies that help all students develop as readers and learners
• Design flexible student groupings and other differentiated strategies
• Design lessons that incorporate texts beyond textbooks as a means for students to develop both their fluency and academic content knowledge
• Develop learning experiences that incorporate texts from varied genres and media, including traditional and electronic texts, trade books, etc.
Additional Materials
References for each lesson/module are listed at the end of the syllabus document.
Websites
In addition to the required course texts the following public domain Websites are useful. Please abide by the university’s academic honesty policy when using Internet sources as well. Note Website addresses are subject to change.
Site Name |
Website URL/Address |
Teaching Reading Video |
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Reciprocal Reading for Comprehension |
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Effective Literacy Instruction |
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Concept Mapping as a Literacy Strategy |
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International Reading Association |
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Doing What Works for English Language Learners |
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Scientifically Based Research |
Book Title: | Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science and Math |
ISBN: | 9780439176699 |
Publication Info: | Scholastic, Inc. |
Author: | Robb, Laura / Lynch, Judy |
Unit Cost: | $37.39 |
Book Title: | Tools for Teaching Content Literacy |
ISBN: | 9781571103802 |
Publication Info: | Stenhouse Publishers |
Author: | Allen, Janet |
Unit Cost: | $21.40 |