Reading to Learn: Comprehension Instruction (EDMA 270)

3 Semester Hours of Graduate Credit

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course will show you how to help your students construct meaning from what they read. Examine seven scientifically based comprehension strategies and learn how to adapt them to your classroom and/or content area. Assess student progress and adjust your teaching to become more effective.

 

Understand how to teach reading comprehension.

  • Analyze the latest reading comprehension research.
  • Examine the importance of effective reading comprehension instruction across the curriculum.
  • Determine the variables related to reading comprehension success, including learner characteristics, aspects of text, the reading task, motivation and engagement, and students' use and transfer of strategies.

 

Implement effective reading comprehension practices.

  • Provide appropriate reading comprehension strategies for diverse learners.
  • Develop instructional practices that help students to interact with texts to enhance meaning.
  • Provide meaningful, productive vocabulary instruction.
  • Use informal and formal assessments to diagnose students’ needs.
  • Develop and implement intervention strategies for individual learners.
  • Select and develop appropriate instructional materials that align with state and local standards.

 

 

INSTRUCTOR

This course is offered through Performance Learning Systems. PLS instructors are experienced classroom teachers and possess excellent facilitation skills.

 

Syllabus

 

Bibliography

 

COST

$460.00 (includes material fee)

SESSIONS

Jul. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Location: AEA 10 Annex, 1120 33rd Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA
Instructor: Kathy Lockard, (641) 347-5544
Registration: www.plsweb.com/

 

Jul. 28, 29, 30, 31; Aug. 1
Location: AEA 267, 265th St. (Municipal Airport), Clear Lake, IA
Instructor: Margie Steinberg, (641) 424-9284
Registration: aea267@k12.ia.us