Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

EDEL 310 Reading Assessment Informs Teaching

Foundational study of reading assessment, based on principles for matching reading assessment data to instructional decisions; policy provisions on assessment in a multi-tiered system of support; effective and ethical assessment in aspects of reading-such as phonological/phoneme awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; assessment informing instruction for dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties; knowledge of language structures necessary for interpreting assessment.
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Prerequisites

EDEC 250 with a minimum grade of D-

EDEL 339 Assessment Data for Elementary Classrooms: Large Sets

This course examines in-depth understanding of large student data assessments including effective practices, implementation, and ways to use data to improve teaching in the K-6 elementary school classrooms.
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Corequisites

EDEL 420 and EDEL 459 and SCED 475

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

EDEL 359 Emergent Literacy, Pre-K Through Grade 3

Study of theory and practice, instructional strategies and learning environments in teaching reading and language arts in pre-kindergarten through grade three.
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Prerequisites

(GPA-2.75) and (EDFE 110 with a minimum grade of S or Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)

Campus Restriction

Urban Education Majors only

EDEL 360 Teaching Foundational Reading Skills

Instructional application of foundational skills of reading development, based on consensus science in effective reading instruction; effective instruction in components of reading and writing-phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension; instruction with dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties. This course includes a required field component.
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Prerequisites

EDEL 310 with a minimum grade of D-