9/5/2022
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
marjorie mcgowin
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Had a student and his brother that both were Autism Spectrum Disorder. The older bother could not stand to have anything on his hands which made teaching hand building in ceramics difficult. He had to wash his hands frequently during class. I would permit this activity but had to water down the hand soap to keep up with his needs. He was given extra time to complete his assignments and he often worked with clay that I would consider to dry for myself but worked better for him because it did not feel like his hands were in need of washing. On days that he was having problems focusing he would sharpen the classroom pencils. This was an activity that calmed him and brought him personal satisfaction. The younger brother was more interactive with his environment and his fellow students. He need regular encouragement of finish his art work. He was concerned with his work being perfect. This meant you had to remind him that the world was not perfect so, a smug or misplace line was not the end of the world. I would have to come up some suggestion that he could try to make it look better to him. There were times I would have to except uncompleted work from him because he just could not get past the mistake. Like his brother he did not like anything to be on his hands so he was given to permission to go wash his hands in the studio when needed. |
9/5/2022
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
marjorie mcgowin
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Cooperative learning and peer partners are two strategies that work well together and have been helpful in my classroom. With cooperative learning students help each other understand and complete assignments without letting everyone in the class know what they are having difficulties with. Peers Partners and cooperative learning groups can easily brake down instructions so that each person can understand what the teacher has assigned. I have created cooperative learning groups in which the student in need of the extra help became the group leader. |
9/5/2022
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
marjorie mcgowin
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One of my students had problems with reading and being easily distracted during. To accommodate her, she was given extra time to complete assignments and for some assignments she would go to the resource room to work where there were no distractions. She also was allowed to take her test in a small group also in the resource room. I taught this student when she was a Freshman and later as a Senior. By last of her Senior year she would finish most assignments before the majority of her class. She also had started taking all assessment in class. |