EDEC41133

Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. Successful completion of EDEC 30223: Education in Elementary Curriculum: Reading in Grades PK-2. Concurrent enrollment in Senior 1 courses. In this 3-credit hour course, emphasis is given to the guidance of students as they progress through the continuum of literacy abilities in phonics, decoding, vocabulary and comprehension in grades 3-6. Introduces recent research, including the Science of Teaching Reading, philosophies of instruction, curriculum development, literature, and assessments that can be used to improve students' reading and abilities.