[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2014-2015 Graduate Academic Catalog

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[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2014-2015 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDU 623 - Psychology of Reading

3 credit hours

Prerequisites: EDU 546 , EDU 602 , EDU 605 , and EDU 610 or permission of the Director.
The course will examine the psychological substructure of reading. The course will examine the movement from traditional views of reading based on behaviorism to an understanding of reading and readers based on cognitive psychology. The course will also cover various models of reading and literacy development, the history of reading instruction as well as theories underlying approaches to specific reading difficulties.