1 |
 |
I tutor several students privately, one of whom has a severe processing disorder. We are working at Higher level in English (Scottish equivalent to grade 12) and I am finding it difficult to find strategies to enhance his understanding, ability to retain information and generally succeed in this subject. There is also a huge discrepancy in his presentation from week to week; one week he can't tell me the definition of a simile. The next week he could give me a perfect explanation of a far more complex literary concept. I have tried to minimise written information to the bare facts and use plenty of repetition. We have tried using multi-sensory strategies such as audio tutorials and mind mapping. I have a couple of kinaesthetic sessions planned but I fear these will not be any more successful. Our system here in Scotland reuires students to pass five internal assessments and then they sit an exam for close reading and critical essay writing in May. We have managed to scrape through all but one internal assessment (due Friday) but his mock exam result was 25% which is a lot to make up in the remaining time. Can anyone offer any suggestions please? Liz Posted by lfalconer on Mar 25, 2009. |
Autism and Teaching Group
