(15.2) Even though this is not a criterion referenced
test, if Ingrid’s grandmother asks you what she could be doing at home to help
strengthen Ingrid’s skills, what will you suggest? Provide at least three areas
where the grandmother could help Ingrid.
I will suggest that Ingrid’s
grandmother try the following three strategies to help Ingrid improve her skills:
1) Help Ingrid keep
a portfolio of her works (homework, quizzes, exams, projects, etc.) in her
classes (especially spelling and math classes), which could help Ingrid keep
track of her progress.
2) Encourage Ingrid
to reflect periodically on her academic strengths and weaknesses and come up
with related short-term goals. Reward Ingrid when she achieves these short-term
goals.
3) Go over effective
test taking and study strategies (effective study strategies in each subject,
self-regulation skills, time management strategies during test, doing easy
problems first before tackling challenging ones, relaxation strategies, getting
a full night’s sleep before the test, and eating a good breakfast before the
test) with Ingrid, but not overemphasize test taking strategies since content mastery is more
important than the performance goal of doing well on standardized tests.
These are thorough and concrete strategies that Ingrid's grandmother could use to help her granddaughter. It is important for parents and students to feel that they can do something about the student's success in school and to not feel like they are controlled by a test score. I think these strategies are helpful in that Ingrid's grandmother can leave the meeting feeling like she can actually do something to help Ingrid. Although I am not sure it should be Ingrid's grandmother's role to keep a portfolio of Ingrid's work to track her progress. Most likely the teacher would keep this and keep her grandmother informed of her progress.
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