The course focuses on methods integrating reading and study skill evaluation with content instruction. This course examines diagnostic and remedial strategies and techniques used with elementary school children, particularly in the fields of reading and arithmetic. Standardized tests, IRIs, Key Math, and other diagnostic tests are explored. Students learn how to match test results with remedial strategies and develop remedial programs for children. This course is designed to acquaint future teachers, librarians, and parents with a wide variety of literature for children and the criteria for selecting literature.
Emphasis is on developing ways to make reading a lifetime involvement.
The objectives of this course are to explore the nature of the profession of teaching and to assess student backgrounds and skills in relation to the teaching profession. This course exposes teacher candidates to a variety of communities and provides interaction with students of different ages, exceptionalities and culturally diverse populations. Mary Ann Benner, Ed. Science practicum is now incorporated into the Science Methods course. If you have taken Science Methods but not the practicum, please contact the Teacher Education Office.