EDUC 353 - Middle and Secondary Content Area Reading and Writing

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: EDUC 200. Corequisite: EDUC 354 - Secondary Content Area Reading & Writing Practicum In this course, students examine research on adolescent literacy and study instructional strategies for secondary content area subjects. Students examine how literacy can be developed through specific strategies in the content area classroom. Specifically, the course highlights methods for incorporating reading and writing across the curriculum through content-based reading and writing activities, questioning and discussion techniques, vocabulary exercises, and research-based study techniques. In addition, students examine ways to integrate the arts across all content areas to foster student comprehension and critical thinking.