RLR 502 Teaching Comprehension and Content Area Reading

This course introduces theories and models of comprehension and implications of these for the teaching of reading comprehension across grades K-12. It develops familiarity with issues related to questioning, text structures, metacognitive monitoring, and guided reading strategies. It examines teaching methods that develop strategic reading of both narrative and informational texts and the importance of writing and oral language in the development of active comprehension strategies. Pre-requisite(s): RLW 541, RLR 501, and either RLL 520 or RLL 528 (or the equivalent). Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3