Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites:

Develops an in-depth understanding of the research findings, issues, principles, and practices related to exemplary, research-based literacy instruction in the content areas. Prepares teachers to provide every student with meaningful and engaging opportunities to learn high-level skills through reading, writing, and speaking while working with graphics and texts, including images, video, and audio, in the K-12 curriculum. Evaluates texts in various content areas or topics to identify the qualitative and quantitative features of a text and address reader and task considerations.