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An elementary education course at Arizona Christian University.
This course provides the content and research-informed methods used in teaching and assessing reading comprehension. Reading is more than just learning how to decode the written language. It also involves teaching students how to extract and analyze meaning from all types of texts including informational, persuasive, functional, and more graphic texts like advertisements. Utilizing evidence from the Science of Reading, this course provides research-informed methods, assessments, and interventions for all students including students with dyslexia to assist with the development of reading comprehension skills. This required methods course includes a practicum where assessment data is evaluated and interventions are designed. This class is taught from a biblical worldview.
Practicum Required: 15 hours (including 1 lesson).
Offered 2026-2027: Fall Traditional.
Laura Blakesley
2026-2027: Fall Traditional
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of science of reading 2 - comprehension instruction, assessments, and interventions as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
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