Course Description
Psychological foundations of reading ability, instructional methods, and materials.
Athena Title
Psychology of Reading
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EPSY 8170E, LLED 8170, LLED 8170E
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to investigate research, ideas, and theories prominent in the field of reading psychology.
- Students will enhance their ability and disposition to examine such research, ideas, and theories critically in light of their other knowledge and experience.
- Students will be able to pursue, in-depth, one personally relevant facet or area related to the psychology of reading.
- Students will be able to work through potential implications of their own and others' psychological theories of reading.
Topical Outline
- 1. Definitions and history of literacy and literacy research
- 2. Processes of word recognition
- 3. Reading comprehension and strategies
- 4. Meaning making from texts
- 5. Reading motivation
- 6. Family literacy effects
- 7. Development of emergent literacy
- 8. Reading acquisition and development in elementary school
- 9. Adolescent literacy
- 10. Reading difficulties/disabilities-sources and instructional strategies
