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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPE 271 Literacy Development and Instruction in Core Intervention Areas Including Inclusive Practices

Fall

This course focuses on the following major topics:  a conceptual understanding of the components of reading, phonological awareness and phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension and their implications in classroom instruction with both identified and non-identified students with learning problems in the areas of literacy.  Additionally, participants will examine, design, and utilize research-based explicit literacy strategies.  Students will briefly discuss and explore effective strategies that are used in teaching students identified with disabilities in the area of reading.  By the end of course, participants will be able to model, reflect, and plan for the delivery of effective literacy instruction required in inclusive educational settings. Prerequisite: SPE 200  

3 credit hours