TEC 668 - Teaching Comprehension Strategies

Institution:

University of San Francisco

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Description:

This course will cover topics on current research-based skills and knowledge about reading comprehension, including foundational skills in academic language, background knowledge, concept formation and vocabulary development. Course will emphasize skills for teaching comprehension and study strategies, including narrative and expository text structure analysis; thinking strategies, such as inference, summarization, predicting, questioning, and clarifying and independent reading. Students will acquire experience with concepts and practice relating to comprehension strategies.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.usfca.edu/

Phone Number:

(415) 422-5555

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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