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Understanding how to use ‘Student Profiles’ to identify students who learn differently Or “Why do some kids not test well?” Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Content standards Mastery Report Individual instructional summery Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Time of Day Low key to reduce anxiety ◦ Familiar space ◦ Small numbers Headphones Seating Rewards Stereotype threat Active proctoring Familiar format Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Why? ◦ Averaging dispersant scores = meaningless Start with the: Contents Standards Mastery Report ◦ Variation between skills assessed in each section then Student Profile with Items (Individual Instructional Summary) Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Lack of time Attention issues Working memory Language processing issues Visual processing Fluid reasoning Cognitive rigidity Executive function Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 What do you see? ◦ Proctor notes : start finish times ◦ Incomplete or high number of errors at the end ◦ Rushing Checks ◦ Processing speed on WISC Rule out perfectionism, graphomotor etc. ◦ Anxiety Perseveration What can you do? ◦ Stop clock, breaks, more time. Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 What do you see? ◦ Scores don’t match classroom performance ! ◦ Errors are random ◦ Increased frequency of errors as test progresses, strong finish? ◦ Impulsivity, quick finish ◦ Metacognitive skill Novelty of testing experience Inability to maintain attention/ attention to detail ◦ Errors lead to under reporting of ability Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 1. Take the free way to Ipswich, and watch for the Brown street exit, ours is the next 2. Go two miles on Pinoak Avenue and turn left on Berry 3. After the third intersection, our house is second on the right. 4. Get off the freeway at Pinoak Avenue exit , turn right at the light onto Pinoak A 1234 B 1342 C 1423 Teaching and Learning Center D 2143 August 24-26, 2010 What is it? ◦ fluid reasoning is the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations. Fixed trait ◦ Applying what you know in a new way, problem solving What do you see? ◦ Over reliance on rote learning/avoiding risk taking How can you help? ◦ Teach problem solving strategies and reward risk taking Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 What is it? ◦ Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks What do you see? ◦ Weak attention regulation, inability to multi task Multiple choice ◦ single word v sentences ◦ Not a but not b, b but not a, a and b, ◦ What helps? chunk, down load Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 telescope : stars ◦ how do you solve this ◦ Ability to categorize is needed…. Deductive / inductive ◦ top down learner needs the big picture, executive function Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Antonym for “down” Novel language ◦ ‘antonym’ ‘analogies’ ‘states’…. Paired words ◦ puppy: dog categories and relationships ◦ Vocabulary is a marker for reading issues or retrieval issues or exposure! ◦ Spelling is a marker for reading, visual memory Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 What is it? ◦ Visual discrimination, sequencing, figure-ground discrimination, ◦ 46% of Question on Quantitative Reasoning are visual.(22% on math) What do you see? ◦ Spatial ◦ Attention to visual detail ◦ What helps? verbalizing Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Cognitive rigidity ◦ Literal interpretation ◦ inference, cause and effect, figurative language Anxiety makes you rigid due to fear of failure Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010 Given the increasing number of students with learning differences entering traditional independent schools, a successful teaching approach must begin with sound theoretical underpinnings Teaching and Learning Center Any disability can be an ability when viewed from a different perspective.” Ellen Langer “The Power of Mindful Learning August 24-26, 2010 Teaching and Learning Center August 24-26, 2010