Professor Paul Blohm
EDUC M464 - Course Schedule
The following major topics for this course are presented below along with assigned readings from the Topping & McManus (TM) text. Selected CD materials will also be used as sources of information for each of these sessions.
| WEEK 1 |
Class Handouts TM: pp. 7-19 |
The “Reflective Professional” Conceptual Framework & What Good Content Readers/Learners Do |
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| WEEK 2 |
CD: Studying TM: pp. 22-34 |
Content Readers/Learners Need to Study I: Strategies to Develop Strategic Learners |
| WEEK 3 |
CD: Studying TM: pp. 137-157 |
Content Readers/Learners Need to Study II: Systems & Techniques for Strategic Learners |
| WEEK 4 | CD: Text Exam |
Examining Text Difficulty Objectively (Bring a content text from your specialty area and a palm computer or hand calculator to this class) Study Mini-Lesson Due |
| WEEK 5 | CD: Text Exam | Examining Text Suitability & Supplemental Teaching Materials Subjectively |
| WEEK 6 |
CD: Pre-Reading TM: pp. 35-53 |
Preparing Students to Read Content Through Pre-Reading Activities |
| WEEK 7 |
CD: Vocabulary TM: pp. 83-86 |
Preparing Students to Read Content Through Vocabulary Development Text Evaluations Due |
| WEEK 8 |
CD: Dur-Reading TM: pp. 54-71 |
Focusing Attention & Guiding Understanding of Content Through During-Reading Activities Pre-Reading Activities Due |
| WEEK 9 |
CD: Post-Reading TM: pp. 73-90 |
Post-Reading Activities that Promote Critical Readers of Content |
| WEEK 10 | Spring Recess | |
| WEEK 11 | CD: Cyber-Search |
Planning for Internet CyberSearches During-Reading Activities Due |
| WEEK 12 | CD: Cyber-Search |
WORKSHOP: Designing On-line CyberSearches Post-Reading Activities Due |
| WEEK 13 | Internet Sites | Using Technology to Promote Reading & Studying in the Content Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Text |
| WEEK 14 | Internet Sites | Organizing Text and Technology to Meet the Diverse Needs of Students |
| WEEK 15 | CD Materials |
Managing and Assisting Diverse Readers: Techniques to Include Them That Work Internet CyberSearch Activity DUE! |
| WEEK 16 | TM: pp. 159-167 | Putting the READING Puzzle Together: Frameworks for Chapter Instruction |
