This online course aims to clarify what difficulties various assessment materials identify and how to use this information to support students and teachers in the classroom as well as students in exams.
The course will work though the different types of tests used to identify a specific learning difficulty that qualifies a student for an access arrangement online. It will clarify what is being tested in each area and how this can impact on the student. Teaching and learning implications from any weaknesses identified also will be discussed.
Questions and Answer sessions are included throughout the day, with opportunities to discuss delegates' particular queries relating to access arrangements for various candidates.
By the end of this masterclass, the delegate:
will have a better understanding of what tests are used for online assessments
will have a greater knowledge of how difficulties can affect a student
will be aware of what can be done in the classroom to support the student
will be aware of various exam techniques that can help mitigate some specific learning difficulties
FACILITATOR
Louise Green is an experienced speaker and trainer who has been teaching and assessing children and adults since 1989. She is a qualified teacher, has a MSc in Human Communications from UCL, and has held an Assessment Practising Certificate since 1st August 2005, when they were first introduced.
She has had articles printed in the Times Educational Supplement about spelling and writing, and also has presented at the Education Show at the NEC on helping pupils cope with stress. She has been interviewed both on radio and television about dyslexia related issues
She works in a variety of schools providing assessment for access arrangements for secondary school students and supporting both students and teachers. She also has worked at
Oxford University and South Bucks University as an onsite assessor.
For many years she was a member of a panel of specialist teachers and educational psychologists who meet annually with the Joint Council of Qualifications to consider, from an assessor’s point of view, the implications of any changes to the JCQ access arrangements regulations.