EDUC 218: Topics in Cognition and Learning: The Science of Reading

Course Description

This course will cover the most recent advances in the study of reading and related skills. Bringing together contributions from a multidisciplinary literature, this course will follow the second edition of "The Science of Reading: A Handbook" which provides a comprehensive review of theoretical approaches, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading instruction, the neurobiology of reading, and more. Divided into six parts, the book explores word recognition processes in skilled reading, learning to read and spell, reading comprehension and its development, reading and writing in different languages, developmental and acquired reading disorders, and the social, biological, and environmental factors of literacy.