Psychology of Reading
PSYC 355
Fall 2024
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01
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Community-Engaged Learning, Service Learning |
The study of the psychology of reading encompasses many aspects of human cognition: from sensation and perception to comprehension and reasoning. This class will provide an overview of research in the psychology of reading. Topics such as word recognition, eye movements during reading, comprehension, learning to read, methods of teaching reading, the brain and reading, reading in different languages, and reading impairments in children and adults will be covered. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM PSYC |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(EDST-MN)(EDST)(PSYC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selected scholarly articles and book chapters. Examples include (but are not limited to):
Blythe, H.I. (2014). Developmental changes in eye movements and visual information encoding
associated with learning to read. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 201-207.
Dehaene, S., & Cohen, L. (2011). The unique role of the visual word form area in reading. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 254-262.
Graham, S., & Harris, K.R. (2016). A path to better writing: Evidence-based practices in the classroom. The Reading Teacher, 69, 359-365.
Jabr, F. (2013). Why the Brain Prefers Paper. Scientific American, 309(5), 48-53.
Klin, C.M., & Drumm, A.M. (2010). Seeing what they read and hearing what they say: Readers¿
representations of the story characters¿ world. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17, 231-236.
Nation, K. (2017). Nurturing a lexical legacy: Reading experience is critical for the development of word reading skill. npj: Science of Learning,, 2,3, doi:10.1038/s41539-017-0004-7
Rayner, K., & Johnson, R.L. (2005). Letter-by-letter acquired dyslexia is due to the serial encoding of letters. Psychological Science, 16, 530-534.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two in-class exams, class participation and discussion, short reflection papers, final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
PSYC355 is a community engaged-learning class. You must commit to two hours per week of community engagement work related to reading. An information sheet must be filled out to be considered for this class. This information sheet will be emailed to you once you put in a POI request and should be returned to Prof. Juhasz as soon as possible. Students will be admitted to the class on a rolling basis. |
| Instructor(s): Juhasz,Barbara Jean Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: JUDD113; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 6 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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