RDG-5004 - Reading Comprehension Instruction and Development: Skills and Strategies for PK12

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

In this course, you will gain an understanding of multiple strategies used in reading comprehension. Levels of meaning in text and textual structures in narrative and expository writing will be studied. There will be an exploration of critical-thinking skills and behaviors as well as strategies for effective studying. Finally, there will be an exploration of the wide range of resources for children’s and adolescent literature, including recently published fiction and nonfiction, as well as electronic texts and non-print materials.