EDUC 325 - Literacy Development I

CR: 4
Prerequisite: EDUC 245 and acceptance into the undergraduate portion of the Education Program. This course explores the research on literacy development, assessment, and instruction for emergent, beginning, transitional, and specialized primary level (PK-2) readers. Students will administer, score, and interpret diagnostic literacy assessments that evaluate spelling, word recognition, oral reading fluency, and comprehension. Data from informal reading and spelling inventories, oral reading fluency measures, motivation and attitude surveys, and writing assessments will be used to create data-driven learning goals that will inform instruction related to guided reading, writing instruction, and word study. This course includes a clinical lab component in a public school setting. A fee for a background check may be required for this course.