EDS 165. Psychology of Reading and Education (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/EDS.html#eds165
Description
This course reviews theoretical models and processes of reading, history, nature of scripts (alphabetic, syllabic, morpho-syllabic), and the science of reading (brain/neuroscience); the cognitive relationships between signed/spoken language and print when learning to read across languages and home literacies. Word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, and engagement within diverse communities (multilingual, neurodiverse, blind/deaf) are examined. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite courses
EDS 165 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have EDS 165 as a prerequisite.