Science of Reading Short Course
The Science of Reading Short Course continues to be an accessible, self-paced course based on more than forty years of research related to neuroscience, reading processes, reading instruction, and implementation science. The course consists of six modules book-ended by an introduction and wrap-up. Each module also has a knowledge check. The course is designed to take between 15-20 hours and to serve as an ongoing resource for participants. It offers an efficient and practical introduction to the science of reading for a variety of educators – teachers, instructional coaches, school and district leaders, pre-service candidates, and pre-service faculty, whose training may not have adequately prepared them for evidence-based instruction in reading.
At the end of the course learners will be able to:
- understand the foundations of the science of reading, based on decades of cumulative research, and identify aligned instructional practices.
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of brain research and learning processes that are foundational to how all humans learn.
- apply the Simple View of Reading and aligned teachable skills and processes to help students become skilled readers who can comprehend written text.
- apply the basics of a structured literacy approach to support effective reading instruction.
- use tools and strategies to support effective planning and instructional practices in the word recognition and language comprehension domains.
- understand reading comprehension as the product of multiple cognitive processes and skills needed to construct meaning from text.
The course was developed in collaboration with advisors from Barksdale Reading Institute, Hill Learning Center, The Reading Teacher’s Top Ten Tools, Right to Read Project, and 95 Percent Group.
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