[blindkid] graded paper feedback

[Carrie Gilmer]

Dear Sally,
I don't know David enough to say it is him, and while some small part might
be age, it is likely more personality and cognitive ability to relate for
anyone I think...but again this would only be part of it. Of course it has a
huge impact if he has no idea of the feedback. I kind of struggled a bit
with this one. We got Jordan access for awhile as Cindy did with Kyle; then
began to wean him off it as Brandy suggests because in the real world this
will not happen from college professors or in a work environment (except now
the future is here and electronic feedback is becoming more common). Having
Jordan responsible to go to the teacher and have the teacher read the
feedback and explain really, really, helped his advocacy and communication
with adults skills--he also got more feedback because often the notes were
quickly written or just checked wrong, when he made time to sit with the
teacher he got more and better feedback. I also sat with him at home and we
go over all the mistakes--I did this with all my kids. It was the best way
for them to learn, I always had them fix their mistakes, whether it was math
or English or science or what ever.

 
 
Carrie Gilmer, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
A Division of the National Federation of the Blind
NFB National Center: 410-659-9314
Home Phone: 763-784-8590
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Cindy Conley
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:40 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] graded paper feedback

We went through this with Kyle. I finally put in his IEP that every 
communication would be in Braille for Kyle. That meant that a graded 
paper had to have comments in Braille. A letter home had to have a 
Braille copy attached. The lunch menu even had to be Brailled.
It was made very clear that if Kyle did not get a communication in 
Braille, he was not to be held responsible for it. After a few times 
of not being 'allowed' to punish for work not being done, the teachers 
figured out that they better give everything in Braille. It worked 
most of the time.
Cindy Conley
cconley at fuse.net

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will 
annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy & Sally Thomas" <andysally at comcast.net>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: [blindkid] graded paper feedback


> I've been thinking about the fact that my son's papers are graded 
> with a red pen.  Comments are also in print.  I'm not sure that he 
> is really taking in the fact that there is a connection between the 
> work he does and the grade he receives.  He "gets it" in an obvious 
> sense but not deep down.  I'm wondering if this is partially due to 
> the fact that he doesn't get the feedback of seeing the red marks 
> and the grade on the paper.  His teachers say that it is "age 
> appropriate" that he's not too concerned about his grades.   Do any 
> of your kids get tactile feedback about the problems they miss 
> and/or the grades they get?  Is that a reasonable expectation?  I 
> view it as one more thing that goes to his independence and taking 
> personal responsibility for his work.
>
> Sally Thomas
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