CURR 540 - Content Area Reading/Literacy in the Secondary School

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

The course serves as an introduction to learning text and study/learning strategies in grades 7-12. The major purpose is to better inform content area teachers about ways to use textbooks, supplementary readings, and writing/speaking/listening more effectively. Special focus is placed on differentiating text-based instruction in content subjects for diverse learners and on the role of the context area teacher in adolescents’ reading and literary development. Offered summer and when demand is sufficient.