Students develop programs for use with individual cases in the assessment and teaching of needed reading skills. Attention given to the child's reading needs and to classification of these problems through affective and cognitive correlates. Emphasis on metacognition, models of comprehension, schema theory, psycholinguistics, and the interactive process. An overview of the historical development and current trends in providing programs and learning materials for gifted pupils, K-12. Field work required.
Participants build community awareness by presenting the program to various local groups.
This is a culmination course taken at the end of the Graduate Program. The class discusses current issues and areas of concern in gifted education, reviews current literature, and evaluates program models in gifted and talented education. Requires methods for implementing these models into the participants' classroom. This course is taken by thesis writers to aid in the development and execution of this major research paper. Graduate candidates arrange this course with their advisor.