[nobe-l] Assessment strategies???`

[Hope Paulos]

Thank you, Anita. Your explanations and the URL  were most helpful!!
Hope
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> Hi Hope,
>
> I think that whether you are teaching blind or sighted students,  you 
> would assess them in the same way.  As a blind teacher, you and I will use 
> alternative techniques to do things.  For example, I have to teach 
> preschoolers on Wednesday.  My teacher is requiring me to develop an 
> assessment for the students.  I am going to teach them all about the 
> letter b including words that begin with b.  To assess them, I have to 
> have them circle a picture or whatever I choose.  I plan to do something 
> creative  for this.  I am putting velcro on a  giant letter b I am 
> constructing out of poster board.   I will use this poster board for the 
> movement portion of the class.  The students will pick out a picture or 
> something, (I am still planning), and I will have velcro on the board and 
> on the back of the picture.  The student will be able to velcro the 
> picture of the b word such as boat onto the board.  For the movement 
> portion, the student will act out the action made by the picture.  So, if 
> it is a picture of a balloon, they will pretend to float, or, if it is a 
> picture of a bunny, they will pretend to be a bunny and hop up to the 
> board.  I will use my ears to listen to how well the students perform 
> along with other feedback in the classroom.  If necessary, I will ask 
> questions to the students such as: "Tell me, how are you acting like a 
> bunny?"  I can also gather info from my other classmates. And, I can touch 
> the poster board to see if they were successful in placing the b word on 
> it.  For the written assessment I must create, I am again cutting out my 
> pictures such as balloons, butterflies and the like into the appropriate 
> shape.  The student has to circle the shape.  I had an art class, and so I 
> know that crayon can be felt.  I will, therefore, be able to feel which 
> pictures the child has circled.  I might also put some on there for them 
> to color, but we'll see.  Because this is an experience for school, I 
> would not have time later to go over the students' work.  So, if the 
> crayon can't be felt, I will ask my teacher, one of my classmates, or a 
> student which picture he or she circled.  If I were in a classroom, I 
> might also have a reader assist me with grading papers during times when 
> the students weren't present.  I am going into language arts, and so I can 
> also require students to hand in assignments via the computer or in a 
> typed format so that it can be scanned.  I will want students to do some 
> writing with a pen or pencil though as I believe it is vital for them to 
> do this to improve spelling, grammar and so on.  I will list a link below 
> that I believe leads to a website in which you can look at tons of 
> assessment ideas.  I hope this is helpful.
> www.pecentral.org
> Anita
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:59 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] Assessment strategies???`
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>
>> Hi all. By the time this semester ends, I'm sure you'll be sick of my 
>> questions. I'm trying to do an inquiry project for my University. I'm 
>> required to write/research about something I wnt to gain more knowledge 
>> about. I'm looking to gain more knowledge about assesment strategies 
>> (both in creating and grading assessments). I research the Eric database, 
>> but they didn't really have much info on blind teachers. Instead, they 
>> had information on teaching blind students. Can someone give me some 
>> website to check out, and possibly some tips you use in your classrooms? 
>> I will cite you in my paper, if you don't mind.
>> Thanks so much!!
>> Hope
>>
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