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Assessment of learners with dyslexic-type difficulties / Sylvia Phillips & Kathleen Kelly.

By: Phillips, Sylvia (Special needs educator) [author.].
Contributor(s): Kelly, Kathleen | Sage Publications.
Publisher: Los Angeles, California, USA ; London, England, UK : SAGE Publications Inc., 2018Copyright date: © 2018Edition: Second Edition.Description: xxii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526423726.Subject(s): Dyslexic children -- Education | Educational tests and measurementsDDC classification: 371.9144 P541 2018
Contents:
Dyslexic-type difficulties and assessment : setting the context. Dyslexic-type difficulties : implications for assessment ; The implications of co-existing specific learning difficulties ; Purposes and forms of assessment ; Legislation, policy and practice -- Starting the process. Identification and screening ; Gathering information from others -- Informal approaches to assessment. Assessing difficulties in reading ; Assessing spelling difficulties ; Assessing difficulties in handwriting ; Assessing alphabetic knowledge ; Assessing cognitive processing skills ; Assessing difficulties in mathematics -- Formal assessment. Principles and concepts of psychometrics ; Standardised assessment of reading ; Standardised assessment of spelling and handwriting ; The assessment of underlying ability ; Standardised assessment of cognitive processing skills ; Standardised assessment of mathematics and dyscalculia -- Managing the assessment process. Conducting assessment ; Writing an assessment report ; Assessment by other professionals.
Summary: This specialist and comprehensive book is designed to help teachers and SENCOs gain critical knowledge that will facilitate setting and achieving targets.
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General Circulation Section 		GC GC 371.9144 P541 2018 (Browse shelf) Checked out 06/05/2024 GS000577

Includes webography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dyslexic-type difficulties and assessment : setting the context. Dyslexic-type difficulties : implications for assessment ; The implications of co-existing specific learning difficulties ; Purposes and forms of assessment ; Legislation, policy and practice --
Starting the process. Identification and screening ; Gathering information from others --
Informal approaches to assessment. Assessing difficulties in reading ; Assessing spelling difficulties ; Assessing difficulties in handwriting ; Assessing alphabetic knowledge ; Assessing cognitive processing skills ; Assessing difficulties in mathematics --
Formal assessment. Principles and concepts of psychometrics ; Standardised assessment of reading ; Standardised assessment of spelling and handwriting ; The assessment of underlying ability ; Standardised assessment of cognitive processing skills ; Standardised assessment of mathematics and dyscalculia --
Managing the assessment process. Conducting assessment ; Writing an assessment report ; Assessment by other professionals.

This specialist and comprehensive book is designed to help teachers and SENCOs gain critical knowledge that will facilitate setting and achieving targets.

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