EDRD 6332 - Content Area Literacy

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Prerequisite(s): admission into the graduate school or the alternative certification program. Investigation of current content area literacy programs with emphasis on characteristics of effective content area teaching: establishing a strong structure of understanding expository text, acquisition of vocabulary, comprehension and study strategies, the reading-writing connection, fluency, and multiple instructional methods, including the role of technology as a learning and teaching tool.