EDUC55133

Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, an Accelerated Masters program, and concurrent enrollment in Senior I courses. In this 3-credit hour course, emphasis is given to the guidance of students as they progress through the continuum of literacy abilities in phonics, decoding, vocabulary and comprehension in grades 3-6. Introduces recent research , philosophies of instruction, curriculum development, literature, and assessments that can be used to improve students' reading and abilities.