DEPARTMENT: Special Education CREDIT HOURS: 3

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY COURSE SYLLABUS OUTLINE

DEPARTMENT: Special Education CREDIT HOURS: 3 COURSE NUMBER: SED 425 PREREQUISITE: SED 400, 9 hours of general reading/language arts

I. TITLE:

Specialized Reading for Students with Mild Disabilities

II. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to emphasize the detection and remediation of reading difficulties that are typical for students with mild disabilities. Students will be shown how to recognize and remediate reading difficulties. This course would be appropriate for any education major. (Prerequisite: SED 400, 9 hours of general reading/language arts)

III. PURPOSE

This course is designed to familiarize students with assessment, evaluation, and program planning for students with reading difficulties.

IV. COURSE OBJECTIVES

(Numbers in parenthesis refer to New Teacher Standards that each objective meets.)http://www.kde.state.ky.us/otec/epsb/standards/

The student will:

A. Demonstrate the ability to detect and remediate difficulties students may exhibit concerning word recognition and word detection. (I, III, IV)

B. Demonstrate the ability to detect and remediate difficulties students may exhibit with both oral and silent reading comprehension. (I, III, IV)

C. Demonstrate the ability to detect and remediate difficulties students may exhibit with foundational reading skills. (I, III, IV)

D. Demonstrate the ability to determine readiness levels and use results to individualize instruction. (I, III, IV)

E. Demonstrate the ability to determine the most appropriate program and/or technique for individual nonreaders. (I, III, IV) V. CONTENT OUTLINE

A. Learning styles B. Causes and Correlates of Individual Differences in Reading Ability C. Assessment for Identification of Reading Strengths and Problems D. Principals of Remedial Reading Instruction E. Reading instruction for severely delayed and nonreaders F. Recipe for Reading G. Reading Recovery

VI. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Lecture, videocassettes, simulations, guest speakers, discussions and small group activities will be used in class meetings. Small group activities will be structured to promote collaboration.

VII. FIELD, CLINICAL, AND/OR LABORATORY EXPERIENCES

VIII. RESOURCES

Resources may include College of Education Computer Labs, and the MSU Waterfield Library.

IX. GRADING PROCEDURES

The Department of Special Education uses the following scale for determining course grade: A=90-100% of total points B=80-89% of total points C=70-79% of total points D=60-69% of total points E=59% or below

X. ATTENDANCE POLICY

This course adheres to the policy published in the Murray State University Undergraduate Bulletin. XI. ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person’s material as one’s own), or doing work for another person that will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student’s own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teacher the course in which the cheating took place.

XII. REQUIRED TEXT

McCormack, S. (1999). Instructing Students Who Have Literacy Problems (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill.

XII. PREREQUISITES:

SED 400, and 9 hours of general reading/language arts

Revised fall, 2000