4/21/2018
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Jason Dobson
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I had a student with Autism Disorder who needed everything to follw the same procedeure every day. If there were any variations for any reason, he would want me to go back to the beginning of class procedeures with him until we were caught up with the rest of the class. Additionally since he was left handed, we had to purchase a left handed guitar for his use because he could not use a right handed guitar - once he knew what that meant. His peers could help with music concepts, but he would only accept technical instruction from me. |
4/22/2018
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Jason Dobson
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In my beginning guitar classes all assessments are done with me in a one-on-one setting. When a student with a physical accommodation is testing and cannot manipulate the guitar neck with enough strength, I also watch what the hands and fingers are doing to assess if the student knows what they are supposed to do. This allows for accurate assessment while accommodating for physical impairment. |
4/22/2018
Topic:
Tools and Strategies
Jason Dobson
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The concept of the Cubing in a Tiered lesson would be excellent for one of my upcoming assignments. We do analysis whenever we are done with the performance of a piece, but if I did Cubing it would allow the lower functioning students to become more involved in the feedback, while giving my more advanced students a more sophisticated way of developing their opinions. There are also sections of our curriculum that would definitely benefit from using the group practices Cooperative learning. I would like to try having everyone in an ensemble setting all learn the same part on the same instrument, so that there is a better connection with what is happening in other parts of the ensemble. |