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Classroom-Tested Reading Techniques, K-12

X330.3 (3 semester units in Education)

Fulfills the Teaching of Reading requirement for California teaching credentials

The effective teaching of reading is an essential part of an educational program. The instructor presents and demonstrates a variety of reading techniques that work in teaching today's students.

You learn to assess the needs of the reader and to implement strategies that get students motivated to read and write. The emphasis is on identifying reading and language problems; motivating hard-to-reach students; improving word recognition, including issues related to the teaching of phonics, spelling, and whole language; increasing vocabulary and comprehension; integrating reading across the curriculum; and the use of technology in reading instruction.

This course may be used to fulfill the teaching of reading requirement for the Ryan Multiple and/or Single Subject Credentials on direct application to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

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Thurs. May 29, Berkeley

Sections closed for enrollment

Thurs. Jan. 31, Berkeley