EDUC 7542 Teaching Reading
Offers teacher candidates skills for teaching reading to school age children. Students will gain understanding of reading through a historical, political, theoretical, and practical lens. They will understand the delivery of instruction by learning a balanced approach to teaching reading. They will gain familiarity of how children learn to read by partaking in observations, assessments, and instruction with a school age child. Students will learn a variety of ways to meet the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse learners. They will recognize reading difficulties and learn ways to differentiate instruction for such readers.
Course overview
- Department
- Teacher Education and Curriculum and Instruction
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Summer
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.38 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.53 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Frances Ahearn | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 11 |
| Fall 2025 | Marykate Heavey | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 20 of 21 |
| Fall 2024 | Frances Ahearn | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 9 of 10 |
| Fall 2024 | Marykate Heavey | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 20 of 23 |
| Fall 2023 | Marykate Heavey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 of 16 |
| Fall 2022 | Marinna Connolly | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 13 of 19 |
| Fall 2021 | Lori Dunn | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 22 |
| Fall 2021 | Nicholl Montgomery | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 3 of 8 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 08