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Oral Reading
When presented with graded passages to read, what was the optimum grade level at which the child
could read fluently and accurately with 80% accuracy
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- Read with inadequate pauses in between the words (word recognition difficulty, Fluency problem)
B. Comprehension Skills
1. Reading Comprehension
When presented with graded passages to read record the optimum grade level at which the child could
successfully attempt the multiple-choice questions presented to him at the end of the passage.
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iii. Analyse underlying processes /specific difficulties faced in comprehending the passage read
- Couldn't comprehend the facts/details from the passage read (difficulty in Active working
memory, poor language facility)
- Couldn't understand/recall the events in the sequential order (Verbal sequential memory)
- Can't define the meanings of the words precisely (language facility not good, has specific
limitation in precision in language)
- Couldn't deduce the main idea of the passage read (Deficits in verbal e abstraction)
- Couldn't blow written instructions and needed help in understanding questions /or the
questions had to be simplified / translated (Reading difficulty poor language facility)
- Answered more comfortably in Hindi (Language difficulty)
- Needed prompts to recall the information (Difficulty in Active working memory)
- Refers back to the text to find answers (Deficits in active working memory, poor language facility)
- Any other specify _______________________
2. Listening Comprehension
When graded passages are read to the child record the optimum grade level at which the child could
successfully attempt the multiple choice questions presented to him at the end of the passage.
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Skills Yes/No
i Can Imitate sound patterns (phonological Awareness)
ii Can identify beginning sounds (phonological Awareness)
iii Can say rhyming words (phonological Awareness)
iv Can Combine words (synthesis)
2. Spellings (when dictated a graded list of words record the grade level at which child is functioning
optimally)
3. Written Expression
iii. Analyse the written sample of the child on the following lines:
a) Content
b) Organization of Ideas
c) Grammatical Skills
Poorly developed
Adequate
Well developed (Deficits in grammar could be due to poor understanding of rules, verbal
abstraction, learning gap)
d) Vocabulary
(Deficits in vocabulary could be due to deficits in precision of language, poor Language facility or poor
fund of knowledge)
f) Spellings
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Analyse the sample of written work done by the child during the educational assessment and also review
writing samples of child in his school copies including, home work, class work and test samples. In
certain cases the child can be given a passage to copy from a book.
1. Legibility
- Circular strokes
b) Spacing:
c) Writing Errors:-
II Speed
- Can write neatly and legibly and can finish tasks in the stipulated time
- Can write neatly and legibly only when given sufficient time
iv. Pencil grip mature tripod grip/abnormal grip, immature grip (specify)
Error Analysis
1. Foundation Skills
i Knows the names of the alphabets in the sequential Yes/No
order
ii Can Identify and name alphabets in the random order
2. Word Reading
When presented with a graded list of words what was the optimum level at which the child could read
spontaneously
iii. Record significant errors and interpret along the following lines
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Error Analysis
3. Oral Reading
When presented with graded passages to read, what was the optimum grade level at which the child
could read fluently and accurately, with 80% accuracy
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Error Analysis
B. Comprehension Skills
1. Reading Comprehension
When presented with graded passages to read record the optimum grade level at which the child could
successfully attempt the multiple choice questions presented to him at the end of the passage.
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ii. Analyse underlying processes /specific difficulties faced in comprehending the passage read
- Couldn't comprehend the facts/details from the passage read (difficulty in Active working
memory, poor language facility)
- Couldn't understand/recall the events in the sequential order (Verbal sequential memory)
- Couldn't define the meanings of the words precisely (language facility not good, has specific
limitation in precision in language)
- Couldn't deduce the main idea of the passage read (Deficits in verbal abstraction)
- Couldn't follow written instructions and needed help in understanding questions / or the
questions had to be simplified/ translated (Reading difficulty, poor language facility)
- Needed prompts to recall the information (Difficulty in Active working memory)
- Refers back to the text to find answers (Deficits in active working memory, poor language facility)
- Any other specify _______________________
2. Listening Comprehension
When graded passages are read to the child record the optimum grade level at which the child could
successfully attempt the multiple choice questions presented to him at the end of the passage
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2. Spellings (when dictated a graded list of words record the grade level at which child is functioning
optimally)
Error Analysis
3. Written Expression
iii. Analyse the written sample of the child on the following lines:
a) Content
b) Organization of Ideas
e) Grammatical Skills
Poorly developed
Adequate
Well developed (Deficits in grammar could be due to poor understanding of rules, verbal
abstraction, learning gap)
d) Vocabulary
(Deficits in punctuation could be due to lack of understanding of rules or even due to visual perceptual
problems)
f) Spellings
V Arithmetic Skills
1. Concepts
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2. Operations
Addition
Single digit with single digit (up to 10) Single digit with single digit with carryover and
nothing in ten’s house
Addition of two double digit numbers without Double digit with carry over
carry over
Adds two or three numbers of three or four Addition of large numbers requiring successive
digits requiring successive carryover from U/T/H carry over
place
Add fractions with same denominations Add two unlike fractions by taking LCM
Three digit with three digit with successive Subtracts large numbers requiring successive
borrowing carry over
Subtract fractions with same denominations Subtract two unlike fractions by taking LCM
Subtract decimal numbers (Like numbers) Subtract decimal numbers (unlike numbers)
Multiplication
Single digit with 2 or 3 or 4 Single digit with 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10
Double digit with single digit without carryover Double digit with single digit with carryover
Double digit with double digit without Double digit with double digit with carryover
carryover
Multiply 3 digit number with 2 digit number Multiply 4 to 5 digit numbers with 2 digit
number
Multiply larger numbers (more than 4 digits) Multiply fractions
Division
Divide two or three digit number by a single Divide 4 to 5 digit numbers with a two digit
digit without getting a remainder number with/without getting remainder)
3.Computational Skills
Counts both numbers together While adding Jumbled sequence of tables / very hard to
counts ahead of the first number reach parts of the table
had to work with both the numbers together Couldn't compute mentally
While subtracting counts backward from the
bigger number /
While multiplying/ dividing had to work out the Rough work was generally unorganized and
entire table/could recall specific parts of the clumsy
table
4.Application Skills
(Level at which the child can solve the application problem most comfortably)
ii. Could interpret word problems /the word problem had to be read out for him/
the word problem had to be stated at the concrete/ semi concrete level
iii. Could deduce the operations scheme of operations required to solve the problems had to be
facilitated at concrete or semi concrete level
- Memory difficulty
poor active working memory difficulty in retaining the basic instructions or the meaning of the
problem difficulty in completing the entire sequence of steps leading to incomplete work or
faulty answers
Long term memory difficulty: forget basic number facts such as times tables/ forget the
meanings of key words in maths/ difficulty in recalling the steps needed to solve problems/
difficulty in identifying signs and their meaning (e.g., +, -, x, <=,>%)
Sequencing problems- Difficulty in remembering numbers in a sequence/ figuring out what
would come before or after/ or retaining the sequence in which the problem could be solved
Math Language/ has trouble understanding the language or vocabulary mathematics greater
than, less than, equal
Visual perceptual problems/ to copy problems from the board or the book! difficulties in
deciding where to start a problem; left or the right Substitutes similar looking numbers or
symbols/ may misalign numerals in columns for calculation/ may have problems with place value
has trouble interpreting maps and understanding geometry
Cognitive Style / Inchworm/ Grasshopper
i. Describe behaviour
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ii. Attention Span
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iii. Speech and Language Skills
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iv. Interests, hobbies and talents
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