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Monday, October 18, 2010
False assumption
I made the mistake of stereotyping IEP students who only take CTAE classes other than their assisted learning classes as being slower than the other students. This may be true for some students, but only in categories. I have some IEP students that earn the highest grades on my tests. I also made the mistake of believing that a particular student had difficulties speaking english because he was hispanic and never spoke more than one word in class. Later I found out that he was just shy and was raised speaking fluent English. I never thought any less of these students, but I did venture away from asking too much of these students. Rookie mistake I guess.
They also are very attentive, which I welcome. I had the right opposite situation last year. A student was not doing well at all on any test. But yet in the lab, he knew more than the test showed. Soon after that we had a faculty meeting where they handed out our WIDA forders. I came to find out that he was very low on the comprehension level. That's why he was not doing well, he could not read well.
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