EDRD 4450 - Concepts and Methods for Reading in Middle Childhood Education

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: Students must complete all Area G.1 and Area G.2 courses.
Corequisites: EDCI 4650, EDCI 4600, EDRD 4600 and EDMT 4460, EDRD 4450, EDSC 4470, or EDSS 4480.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
Provides the pedagogical content knowledge necessary for effective middle grades instruction in reading. Procedures for planning, implementing, and reflecting on reading instruction are applied in a school setting, including planning and managing of classroom literacy events based on assessment information. Additional emphases include a supervised classroom experience where students (1) examine ways of recording, analyzing, and using assessment information in daily classroom instruction; and (2) consider cultural, psychological, social, and political issues associated with traditional ability groups and design alternative approaches to ability grouping that meet students’ needs.