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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students study causes and classification of reading disability cases, examine and administer tests of reading ability, determine needs and plan appropriate learning activities for disabled readers. Materials designed specifically for learning disabled children are pursued. This course is only offered in the Fall.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Candidates identify the factors that impede reading development for the middle level learner resulting in reading disabilities. Teacher candidates collect and evaluate a variety of evidence to determine a child's strengths and needs. Materials designed for learning disabled and ELL children are pursued. A field experience is required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Participants will identify factors that contribute to language and literacy development of children and young adolescent students. Focus will be on the study of students' reading and writing behaviors with emphasis on the development and use of instructional plans that effectively address language and related literacy development, with explicit attention toward assessment of reading and writing difficulties. Teacher candidates will collect and evaluate a variety of artifacts that support students' strengths and needs in relation to their literacy development. Classroom instructional interventions will be explored and designed to meet differentiated instructional needs of all students, including children with special needs and English as an additional language. A field experience is required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the concepts and skills central to the visual and performing arts and examines the role of the arts in society. Students will learn how to develop substantive connections between the arts and other subject areas in the elementary curriculum. They will learn and practice developmentally appropriate strategies for integrating and assessing learning in the arts.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An in-depth study of a topic that is of high immediate relevancy to elementary educators. Topics will vary depending upon interests of students and faculty, or the timeliness of the subject matter. The course content will normally change each time the course is offered. The course may be repeated for up to six credits provided the same topic is not repeated.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Independent Study is based on a student's pursuit of a subject in elementary education not covered within a regularly offered undergraduate course in Elementary Education. Students may schedule this course for one to three credits in a single semester, with no more than six credits for Independent Study overall.
  • 7.00 Credits

    ELU 390 & 391 are segments of a single course which provides two full-time classroom experiences comprising an entire semester. Opportunities are provided for observations and participation in all activities related to teaching. The practicum, concurrent with student teaching, is a clearing house for the selection, organization, and presentation of proposed units, lessons, and other classroom related activities. In addition, it provides an opportunity for the discussion of problems that arise in the classroom. Students organize units of instruction and present them for evaluation by the group.
  • 7.00 Credits

    ELU 390 & 391 are segments of a single course which provides two full-time classroom experiences comprising an entire semester. Opportunities are provided for observations and participation in all activities related to teaching. The practicum, concurrent with student teaching, is a clearing house for the selection, organization, and presentation of proposed units, lessons, and other classroom related activities. In addition, it provides an opportunity for the discussion of problems that arise in the classroom. Students organize units of instruction and present them for evaluation by the group.
  • 6.00 Credits

    ELU 392 and ELU 393 are segments of a program requirement, which provide two full-time elementary/middle classroom experiences comprising an entire semester. Opportunities are provided for observations and participation activities related to teaching. The practicum, concurrent with student teaching, provides an opportunity for the discussion of current issues and problems that arise in and out of the classroom.
  • 6.00 Credits

    ELU 392 and ELU 393 are segments of a program requirement, which provide two full-time elementary/middle classroom experiences comprising an entire semester. Opportunities are provided for observations and participation activities related to teaching. The practicum, concurrent with student teaching, provides an opportunity for the discussion of current issues and problems that arise in and out of the classroom.