EDRD 6610:Reading and Literacy Strategies for Middle/Secondary Content Areas

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Middle Grades Math/Science MAT Program
This course is designed to develop a broad range of research-based reading methodologies to enhance the learning strategies of middle and secondary school students. A major emphasis is given to the use of reading strategies for culturally and socially diverse classrooms, including the use of literacy-based instruction in all content areas and the understanding, evaluating, and promoting of effective pedagogy in adolescent literacy. The development and use of integrated and thematic approaches of instruction are addressed.