EDUC 310 Reading Methods in Secondary Schools

A course designed to improve vocabulary and reading comprehension skills for secondary education majors. The course will focus on the identification of skills and strategies to perform, model, and teach academic reading to students in grades 5-12. Includes evaluation of reading abilities and creation of reading exercises. Taken as part of a methods block, this course provides a 30-hour field experience in which candidates prepare, teach, and assess lessons.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to teacher education; EDUC 316; EDUC 313; EDUC 303; EDUC 306

Corequisite

EDUC 305; EDUC 398 or EDUC 399

Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Comprehend the teaching of reading by integrating literacy skills with teaching their subject matter for middle and secondary school content areas. (InTASC 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2g, 2i, 4j, 4k, 4l, 5i, 6l, 6o, 7h, 7i, 7j, 7k, 7l, ij, 8l, 9h)
2. Comprehend reading process: vocabulary development and comprehension skills. (InTASC 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2g, 2i, 4j, 4k, 4l, 5i, 5j, 6l, 6o, 7h, 7i, 7j, 7k, 7l, 8j, 8l, 9h)
3. To teach comprehension, conceptualization, and questioning strategies. (InTASC 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e,
4. To recognize specific reading problems and teach study skills and learning strategies related to each content area with an emphasis on phonics, phonemic awareness, and fluency. (InTASC 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e, 4h, 5c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8h, 8i, 9c)
5. Assess students' reading abilites and phonemic awareness and evaluate learning outcomes in middle and secondary content areas. Use ELA Common Core Standards or specific state standards to coincide with content areas. InTASC 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h)
6. Discuss and determine various strategies to motivate and involve students with varying abilities and needs as well as group for better instruction. (InTASC 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e, 4h, 5b, 5c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8h, 8i, 9c)
7. Field Experience which incorporates Key Assessment #4. Students will be teaching 4 lessons and recording them in a school environment. (InTASC 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e, 4h, 5b, 5c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8h, 8i, 9c)
8. Develop students' skills in reading efficiently and fluently by teaching useful study skills, print and non-print sources, and by helping adjust the rate of reading to the purpose of reading. (InTASC 1b, 2, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e, 4h, 5b, 5c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8h, 8i, 9c)
9. Use a variety of methods and resources to enhance instruction. (InTASC 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4e, 4h, 5b, 5c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8h, 8i, 9c)