6/25/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Kelsey Reynolds
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In the past I have taught a student with hearing impairments. As an accommodation for teaching, I wear a device around my neck that has a microphone connected to an audio system that amplifies my voice for the entire class. This is helpful not only for my impaired student, but also for the rest of the class. For an assessment on instruments families and instrument sounds, I would give students a visual (either in paper format or displayed from a screen in the classroom) and have the identify the correct answer on their own paper or device. For the listening portion, students would hear the sounds through the same amplification system I use for teaching. If I felt the student was unable to hear clearly in order to identify the sounds, I would give him his own headset with the same sounds the rest of the class is hearing and he would be able to adjust the volume on his own. |
6/26/2020
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Kelsey Reynolds
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I have taught a student with ADD/ADHD and the two strategies I would consider implementing to benefit this child in the classroom would be task cards and mediated scaffolding. This child has a difficult time remembering directions when given all at once at the beginning of a class, so allowing him to have frequent visual reminders of what he is to do next would be beneficial to his productivity as well as the productivity of the entire class. This would also be integrated into the mediated scaffolding. This student often makes errors because they are easily distracted by the world around them and forget the task at hand. Allowing more teacher support at the beginning of a task and scaling back when appropriate will help the student establish focus skills as well as the ability to see success.
The use of technology to keep this student focused has been with computer testing. While this accommodation has been made for many students due to convenience, in this student's case it is necessary for them to keep their eyes moving as well as interacting with a screen. |
6/26/2020
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Kelsey Reynolds
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An adapted assessment I have used in the classroom for a student is with technology. While other students needed to identify musical instruments by their sound, for a student with hearing impairments, the ability to hear sounds clearly in differs. Allowing this student to use his own headset during the assessment, hear the same sounds, but adjust the volume and go at his own pace was helpful!
Two other assessment options that would benefit this students are to allow for him to use pictures of instruments to identify musical families or to describe characteristics of different instruments to describe differences in sound, appearance, and family. This would help the student to be able to complete the same knowledge requirements as other children but with adaptations to fit his needs. |