Let's review Jay's performance
Dear Reader...good day…we continue the evaluation within the section of Perception and Memory.
I use parts of The Bangor Dyslexia Test to measure rote memory. The Bangor Dyslexia Test was developed by T.R. Miles, a psychologist in England. His book Dyslexia The Pattern of Difficulties explains his test--a double sided sheet that measures his observed indicators of dyslexia (left-right, polysyllabic words, subtraction, math facts, months forward, months reversed, digits forward, digits reversed, b-d confusion, familial incidence).
Bangor Test. The Bangor test is a rote (auditory) memory measure. Its subtests include the forward recitation of the months of the year and a mental subtraction task. Jay showed rote memory weaknesses on the subtests. For the months’ forward task, he was given the prompt to start with January. Skipping February, he started with “March”, maintained accurate sequence through September, skipped October, and accurately finished with “November, December”. On the mental subtraction task, Jay answered quickly and succeeded with 9 take away 2 and 24 take away 2. With double digits, he hesitated, repeated the task a few times. He succeeded with 19 take away 7. For 12 take away 9, he said “2”. When asked how he got his answer, he said, “How much it takes [to] go between them.” Jay showed the effects of overload on his auditory memory and the negative affects that a weak visual memory has on the development of rote memory fluency. His learning needs to be supplemented with concrete examples (manipulatives) so Jay can understand the concepts through hands-on, multisensory (sees, hears, does) experiences.
I use parts of The Bangor Dyslexia Test to measure rote memory. The Bangor Dyslexia Test was developed by T.R. Miles, a psychologist in England. His book Dyslexia The Pattern of Difficulties explains his test--a double sided sheet that measures his observed indicators of dyslexia (left-right, polysyllabic words, subtraction, math facts, months forward, months reversed, digits forward, digits reversed, b-d confusion, familial incidence).
Bangor Test. The Bangor test is a rote (auditory) memory measure. Its subtests include the forward recitation of the months of the year and a mental subtraction task. Jay showed rote memory weaknesses on the subtests. For the months’ forward task, he was given the prompt to start with January. Skipping February, he started with “March”, maintained accurate sequence through September, skipped October, and accurately finished with “November, December”. On the mental subtraction task, Jay answered quickly and succeeded with 9 take away 2 and 24 take away 2. With double digits, he hesitated, repeated the task a few times. He succeeded with 19 take away 7. For 12 take away 9, he said “2”. When asked how he got his answer, he said, “How much it takes [to] go between them.” Jay showed the effects of overload on his auditory memory and the negative affects that a weak visual memory has on the development of rote memory fluency. His learning needs to be supplemented with concrete examples (manipulatives) so Jay can understand the concepts through hands-on, multisensory (sees, hears, does) experiences.
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