EDRD 6331 - Reading Skills Instruction: Research, Principles and Practices

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Prerequisite(s): admission into the graduate school or the alternative certification program. Principles and practices of teaching reading in the elementary and middle school classroom. Emphasis on oral language development, phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print, alphabetic principle, word identification, emergent literacy, decoding strategies, vocabulary development, comprehension, assessment of reading difficulties, and content area integration.