Fayette County Community Action, Teaching Low Level Literacy and Numeracy, and Teaching Writing and Spelling Skills, December 10, 2004

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Teaching Adults with Low-Level

Literacy and Numeracy Skills

Evaluation Aggregate

December 10, 2004

Dr. Cooper, Trainer

 

 

Please rate the aspects of the training on a scale from 1 to 5.

1 = poor and 5 = excellent

 

CONTENT                 1            2            3            4            5                      4.833

 

PRESENTATION      1            2            3            4            5                      4.833

 

ORGANIZATION      1            2            3            4            5                      4.833

 

OVERALL                   1            2            3            4            5                      4.833

 

 

What techniques will you use in your classroom this week?

v               All of the techniques.

v               Practice counting exercises, new clock techniques, word nets.

v               Finding letters, words in newspapers

v               number and word patterns.

v               The counting exercises.

v               counting patterns and word and ending search

v               Clock work and reading exercises.

v               Fraction counting

v               Number pattern counting

v               Looking for words in the newspaper and collecting words.

v               Counting exercises to aid with math problems.

v               I will teach my students the odd and even tricks.

v               Memories

 

One thing that stands out as most valuable from today’s session is . . .

v               The little tricks and hints.

v               Don’t assume that the student knows even the most common or most simple concept.

v               Counting fractions

v               Thinking outside the normal reading patterns.

v               Different techniques for low level learners.

v               Counting and numbers, even and odd.

v               Small difference we “assume” are not signifigant but really are.

v               Define very specific goals

v               Realizing the value of patterns and repetition.

v               Different ways of teaching.

v               Setting realistic and specific goals, using simple newspaper exercises.

v                

 

 

What follow-up do you need (Trainings/Technical Assistance)?

v               Assessment and multi-level classroom delivery of lessons.

v               I will be working with my staff in our team meetings to do follow-up with how we are using this info.

v               Will look at website and probably refer to it frequently.

v               More training on learning differences and techniques.

v               None.

v               Any available.

v               More activities (patterns) for math.

v               I welcome any help available to me.

v               Tic-tac-toe math refresher.

 

 

In your opinion, what would be the most effective delivery of this training (online, face-to-face, or distance)?

v     Face-to-face (12)

Teaching Spelling and Writing to

Adults with Learning Problems

Evaluation Aggregate

December 10, 2004

Dr. Cooper, Trainer

 

 

Please rate the aspects of the training on a scale from 1 to 5.

1 = poor and 5 = excellent

 

CONTENT                 1            2            3            4            5                      4.818

 

PRESENTATION      1            2            3            4            5                      4.818

 

ORGANIZATION      1            2            3            4            5                      4.909

 

OVERALL                   1            2            3            4            5                      4.818

 

 

What techniques will you use in your classroom this week?

v               Mnemonics and stacking 11

v               Memory techniques and writing everyday.

v               Get students to write daily—3 five word sentences and mnemonics

v               Mnemonics

v               Stacking and 3 five word sentences daily

v               I will begin using the Cooper Spelling Method.

v               The mnemonic clues for spelling words.

v               The three 5-word sentences to build paragraphs.

v               Stacking spelling

v               A lot of writing exercises.

v                

 

One thing that stands out as most valuable from today’s session is . . .

v               Sentences daily.

v               Different spelling techniques

v               Open’s me up to new techniques to use in the classroom.

v               Students who are poor spellers can learn from these various techniques.

v               It is important to get students to write everyday.]

v               Different techniques for spelling, 3 five word sentences.

v               Stacking and keyboarding.

v               Exercise asking us to write as Dr. Cooper asked for specific things to show the difficulties that learners have with writing assignments.

v               You can get your students to write.

v               The different ideas that can be integrated into other subjects, i.e., math

v               That everyone learns differently.

v               Sentences daily.

 

What follow-up do you need (Trainings/Technical Assistance)?

v               Lesson/Unit planning with independent work for multi-level.

v               None.

v               Dr. Cooper to work with some of our students.

v               More training on dealing with students with learning disabilities.

v               I will use the web site for follow-up.

v               Getting onto Dr. Cooper’s website.

v               Would like to attend more sessions.

v               Any available.

 

In your opinion, what would be the most effective delivery of this training (online, face-to-face, or distance)?

v     Face-to-face 12

 

 

 

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