General Assessment Information 

Students’ marked assignments will in general, be returned to them within 3 to 5 weeks of submission. Please note that assignments cannot be accepted after the return of marked materials. Assignments can only be submitted via the appropriate links on the ilearn site.

• All assignments submitted must be accompanied by a completed and signed coversheet from http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/support/coversheet.htm
• Note that you must keep a copy of your assignment as proof that it was completed and submitted, just in case the submitted assignment is deleted.
• Lateness penalty will be applied as 5% of the total mark for that assignment for every day late, therefore an assignment worth 30% of the total mark for the unit will incur a 1.5 mark deduction every day until the assignment is submitted.
• Requests for extensions for assignments are submitted online via Ask (http://ask.mq.edu.au) and granted by the Unit Convenor.

Ordinarily, no extensions of time for submission of written work will be granted since ample time for its preparation will have been given. If an extension is required for medical or other extenuating circumstances, an application must be made in accordance with the Macquarie University Disruptions to Study Policy (see http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html). In particular, all applications for special consideration need to be made online via Ask (http://ask.mq.edu.au). The Professional Authority Form (PAF) is the officially required documentation, which must be completed by a registered health professional or professional within Macquarie University Campus Wellbeing and Support Services. A copy of the PAF is available online: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/Form_Disruption to Studies_PAF.pdf. All requests for extensions should be made prior to the due date for the assignment. If an extension is granted the authorisation section of the form must be collected and attached to the assignment. Failure to do so will result in a late penalty being applied as the marker will not know that an extension has been granted.

Classes

This unit is taught in external mode only (although consultations with the convenor can be made by appointment).

The unit tasks are activity- and discussion-based.  Students will be expected to have read prescribed articles/book chapters listed in "Objectives and Readings" and to have considered their answers to pre-set questions, and to participate in online discussions via the unit's iLlearn site. 

Required and recommended texts and/or materials

There is no prescribed text for this unit but readings can be accessed via links embedded in the "Objectives and Readings"  documents for each study part. The only reading unavailable via a direct link is the chapter by Harley (2014) listed in study part 1. It can be accessed electronically via the Macquarie Library's main search page. 

Unit web page

The unit web page can be found at:  https://ilearn.mq.edu.au

Technologies used and required

Word processing technologies are required for completing all assignments.

Internet access is required for access to study materials, online unit discussions and submission of assignments.

Changes since last offering

No substantive changes have been made since the last offering. Topics covered are similar to those included in the previous version of the unit, and assessments are of the same type.

Part 1 - Skilled reading and reading development:  Theoretical perspectives, assessment techniques, and types of reading disability (2 weeks).

Part 2 - Cognitive and linguistic processes and reading: Cognitive and linguistic processing in pre-readers and developing readers (3 weeks).

Part 3 - Intervention strategies: Evidence-based strategies for providing effective intervention to children with reading difficulties (2 weeks).

Part 4 - Reading in special populations: Reading development and intervention for children with developmental disorders (5 weeks).