Test 3 Chapter 12 PRACTICAL STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS FOR INFORMAL ASSESSMENT OF ELLS WITH POTENTIAL LI Flashcards
Haynes & Pindzola 2012 (Diagnosis and evaluation in speech pathology: 8th ed) said nonstandardized assessment increases what type of validity?
Nonstandardized assessment increases ecological validity (what the child can do in the real world)
What does ecological validity show in regards to the child’s abilities?
Relates more to the child’s actual environment, and language needed there, than standardized testing does
The Assessment Wheel demonstrates an ideal approach to __________ assessment
Comprehensive assessment
What is the drawback of a comprehensive assessment? but what is the advantage?
This does take some time, but is worth it because typically-developing ELL students are much less likely to be mislabeled and placed into speech-language and/or other special education services
T/F It is important to evaluate the Student’s Communication Skills in a Variety of Settings
True
Use multiple observations in naturalistic settings
Observe the student’s ability to communicate successfully at home, in the classroom, on the playground, in the cafeteria, and other settings
Name a popular current measure
McArthur-Bates Communicative
Development Inventories (Spanish
and English)
Describe the pre-evaluation process
- Gather the case history. Be sure to include language history.
- Use questionnaires and interviews with individuals who are familiar with the student (e.g., teachers, parents, interpreters)
- Ascertain the student’s language proficiency in L1 and English
When we a student is Compared with Peers from a Similar Cultural and Linguistic Background we need to check if the student manifests any of the behaviors listed on the ______________________
English Language Learner Prereferral Screening
T/F Dr. Roseberry tries to interview the classroom teacher, parent, and interpreter who has worked with the student
True
A wonderful new parent questionnaire has been developed in _________
Canada
Portfolios help teams judge a student’s _____ to learn _____ ____ when provided with instruction
ability
over time
What is narrative assessment?
The child can create a story, or the clinician can tell a story and ask the child to tell it back
5-8 year olds should know how many words?
150 words
In a narrative assessment what should you ask yourself when the student tells a story?
Does she organize it in such a way that the listener understands the general story sequence?
Does she give comments or explanations that are relevant or irrelevant to the story?
If the student is re-telling a story originally told by the speech-language pathologist, does she remember both major and specific details?
Does the student use appropriate syntax and vocabulary, even in L1?
What is a cultural characteristic you have to remember in regards to a narrative assessment?
Different cultures have different rules for telling stories
What was the goal of Gorman, Fiestas, Pena, & Clark (2011). Creative and stylistic devices employed by children during a storybook task: A cross-cultural study. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools study?
Goal of study: to assess cultural variations in storytelling when children were presented with wordless picture books
60 first and second grade Caucasian, Hispanic, and African American children
Important to examine this topic because narrative skills are very predictive of school success
Gorman et al 2011 found that
African American CH included more fantasy in stories
Hispanic CH names characters more often
White CH talked more about relationships between characters
To, Stokes, Cheung, & T’sou (June 2010 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research) Narrative assessment for Cantonese-speaking children found that narrative skills are predictors of what?
of later language outcomes
This study attempted to create some norms for evaluating narrative skills of Cantonese-speaking children
Studied typically-developing subjects and those with specific language impairment (SLI)
To, Stokes, Cheung, & T’sou (June 2010 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research) Narrative assessment for Cantonese-speaking children found what in regards to validity and reliatbility?
Narrative Assessment can be reliably and validly standardized for use with Cantonese-Speaking CH
Cantonese-speaking CH with SLI had great difficulty using appropriate syntactic complexity when telling stories in Cantonese
Soodla & Kikas (2010; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research examined the macrostructure of ________ children’s narratives to determine if there were differences between _______ and _____
Estonian children’s narrative
To determine if there were differences in narrative macrostructure between typically-developing (TD) and language impaired (LI) children
The TD children were much better than the LI children at starting stories; the TD children also had significantly more quantity of information in their stories than the LI children
T/F assessment of CH’s narrative skills is very promising —> differentiating lang difference from impairment in ELL students
True
What is RAN?
Rapid Automatic Naming
Assessment of RAN skills provides information about what ?
the student’s speed and organization of thought
Research has demonstrated that individuals with dyslexia have difficulty with this task
RAN tests are best for children who are ages 5 yrs. and over
RAN assessment works with ELLs too!
Research shows that if ELL students have difficulty with RAN, there is a distinct possibility of ________________
dyslexia/reading disabilities
More research –> ELL population
T/F Research suggests that students who have learning disabilities may manifest associated motor behaviors
True
What are some associated motor behaviors?
=Poor coordination or awkwardness
=Difficulty copying from the chalkboard or white board
=Poor handwriting
=Clumsiness and poor balance
=Difficulty manipulating small objects
=Trouble learning to tie shoes, button shirts, and other self-help activities
T/F Reading fluency or lack thereof is not an important indicator of a learning disability
False, it is as an indicator. An SLP should assess reading fluency in a number of areas
What is a good screening for reading literacy—WPM Words Per Minute ?
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) (Good & Kaminski, 2002)
Research has suggested that students with true LI have difficulty retaining the __________ of information
sequential order
LI students have specific difficulties on tasks that require what?
verbatim, immediate ordered recall