Courses
The next intake is for Summer 2024. The program will run from Summer 2024 to Winter 2025 (courses are 9 sessions each). Courses have both synchronous and asynchronous components, including online (Zoom) class sessions. Dates and times are determined by the instructor.
Note: you must take a course in the term for which you apply. Course offerings are dependent upon sufficient enrollment.
Summer Term
EDU 595 Oral Language: Evidence-informed instruction and assessment for literacy ★3
This course contextualizes oral language development within the process of literacy acquisition. Topics include typical developmental trajectory of oral language, oral language-based learning disorders, oral language-written language connections, and the role of oral language in current psychological models of literacy acquisition. Empirically validated approaches for assessment and instruction to strengthen oral language skills for typical and struggling readers Including Identification and support for students with language-based learning disorders related to oral language will be a focus.
Fall Term
EDU 595 Word Reading: Evidence-informed instruction and assessment for literacy ★3
This course focuses on the role of word reading in a comprehensive understanding of literacy acquisition. Topics include developmental phases of word reading skill; linguistic processes contributing to word reading and spelling; current psychological models of the role of word reading in reading comprehension; learning disorders related to word reading and how students with these disorders can be identified and supported; and empirically validated approaches for assessment and instruction to strengthen word reading skills for typical and struggling readers.
Fall Term / Winter Term
EDU 595 Reading Comprehension: Evidence-informed instruction and assessment for literacy ★3
This course focuses on the role of reading comprehension in literacy acquisition. Topics include the typical trajectory for reading comprehension skill development; text reading fluency; the role of knowledge in reading comprehension; effective reading comprehension strategies; and empirically validated approaches for assessment and instruction of reading comprehension for typical and struggling readers.
Winter Term
EDU 595 Writing: Evidence-informed instruction and assessment for literacy ★3
This course focuses on the role of writing in a comprehensive understanding of literacy acquisition. Topics include current psychological models of the writing process and writing development; reading-writing connections; assistive technology; text structure; and empirically validated approaches for assessment and instruction of writing for typical and struggling writers.