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2023-2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ESE 272 - Developmental Reading, Instruction, Assessment, Remediation

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Methods for teaching, assessing, and remediating learners with reading difficulties. Includes a comprehensive review of evidence-based routines for intensifying and individualizing instruction in phonological processing, phonics, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Also includes current national and state legislation.

Information: Post-Degree Teacher Certification Program approval is required before enrolling in this course.
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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Explain the contributing factors in literacy difficulties such as dyslexia.
  2. Interpret literacy assessments to describe students’ strengths and needs.
  3. Describe effective interventions for decoding and encoding.
  4. Apply knowledge of goal setting and progress monitoring in literacy intervention.
  5. Select evidence-based instructional routines for literacy remediation.
  6. Develop individualized remediation plans for students with reading disabilities.

Outline:
  1. Literacy Difficulties
    1. Contributing Factors in Literacy Difficulties
    2. Response to Intervention (RTI)
    3. Dyslexia
    4. Diagnostic Assessment
  2. Phonological Processing
    1. Phonological Awareness
    2. Phonemic Awareness
    3. Articulatory Features
  3. Phonics
    1. Systematic Phonics Instruction
    2. Irregular Words
    3. Multisensory Routines
    4. Word Analysis
  4. Spelling
    1. Letter Formation
    2. Explicit Instruction in Spelling Patterns
    3. Error Analysis
  5. Fluency
    1. Automaticity
    2. Goal Setting & Progress Monitoring
    3. Assistive Technology
  6. Vocabulary
    1. Explicit Instruction in Morphemes
    2. Evidence-Based Instructional Routines
  7. Comprehension
    1. Informal Reading Inventories
    2. Explicit Strategy Instruction
    3. Individualized Remediation
  8. Intensifying Instruction
    1. Dimensions of Intensifying Instruction
    2. Grouping Processes
    3. Corrective Feedback
    4. Engagement & Motivation


Effective Term:
Fall 2023