Dimensions of Literacy
Dimensions of Literacy surveys critical literacy issues for elementary teachers, covering literacy/language learning, cultural differences, and social dimensions.
Summary
Past student reviews · Allison Murrow
The instructor understood student stress and altered the homework load to be doable without causing sleep loss or illness.
Grade history
↗All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors
Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Elementary Education
- Declared in Elementary Education
This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- Declared in Elementary Education
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ALLISON MURROW is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.
Meeting source records
No records available.
Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Allison Murrow
A past student described Allison Murrow as a favorite teacher who genuinely cared about students and tailored lectures to their interests.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.92 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.85 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Allison Murrow
The instructor understood student stress and altered the homework load to be doable without causing sleep loss or illness.
Past student reviews · Allison Murrow
The student expressed a strong preference for this teaching style, wishing the instructor could teach all their major courses.
Topics
- Critical literacy issues for elementary teachers
- Literacy and language learning, cultural differences, and social dimensions of literacy
- Theories of literacy teaching: deficit vs. strength models, meaning-based models, systematic instruction, sociocultural approaches
Skills
- Understanding literacy and language learning, cultural differences, and social dimensions of literacy
- Applying theories of literacy teaching including deficit/strength models, meaning-based models, and sociocultural approaches
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2021— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
Grades over time
Through Fall 2021
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
Sources & history
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
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Raw records
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Student reviews
Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.
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Grade history
Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.
Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
Model outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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