May be repeated indefinitely.

A study of materials and techniques useful in the diagnostic teaching of reading and other language arts with students in grades 5-9. The course will emphasize materials, techniques, and procedures, which diagnose individual strengths and weaknesses, and prescriptive instruction based upon the diagnosis. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. This course is in conjunction with a guest field experience to occur in a 16- week placement at one school site.

An examination of the nature of early adolescents as well as the history and characteristics of the schools designed to teach them. Focus is on responsive pedagogy, especially the rationale behind the middle school concept and the generic techniques of teaching as an individual and as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. This course is in conjunction with a guest field experience to occur in a 16-week placement at one school site.

This course emphasizes analyzing and assessing teaching and learning appropriate to inquiry-based social studies instruction in the middle grades. This course is in conjunction with an eight-week field experience.

This course emphasizes planning, assessing, and analyzing teaching and learning English/Language Arts at the middle level. Students are introduced to strategies and skills for teaching English/Language Arts content aligned with state and national standards with an emphasis on equity. This course is in conjunction with an eight-week field experience.

Students use a range of traditional, interactive, and emerging technological interventions in analog and digital formats. Students gain skill in the operation, production, and integration of basic media such as video, graphics, videodisk, and CD-ROM in a variety of instructional settings (training, exploratory learning, on-line databases, etc.). Students demonstrate skills via the composition and production of several media documents using available tools and resources.

Study of the design and development of distributed learning systems in education and training. Topics include: foundations of distance education, distance learning research, and the design and development of e-learning courses and workshops. Student involvement in the design of an e-learning course or workshop will be emphasized.

Clinical techniques for the diagnosis of reading disabilities. A course designed to develop both theoretical understandings and operational skills in clinical diagnosis of reading problems. Classroom application of the techniques is discussed.

A study of language and literacy development (oral and written language development, first and second language development, etc) across the lifespan to provide a foundation for literacy instruction and curriculum development.

Through campus and school-based experiences, students will learn how to engage young people in learning social studies and how to make decisions about planning instruction and develop assessment based on a sound kowledge base for applying content, materials, and methods (including educational technology) appropriate for high school students. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits. Lecture, 1-3 hours; laboratory, 3-6 hours per week.