Focus Student Number One Assessment Essay

I learned that Focus student number one increased his percentage from the baseline to the assessment by 20%. The baseline data showed that focus student number one received 70% accuracy when identifying and sorting shapes differing in only one key attribute: shape. The percentage of 70% represents that this was new vocabulary for the child, but at the same time not too challenging. The assessment data showed that focus student number one received 90% accuracy when identifying and sorting shapes differing in two key attributes: shape and size. Two key attributes were chosen for the assessment because as time passed, the child became comfortable with only one key attribute. Focus student number two had a slight decrease from baseline to the assessment …show more content…
Focus student number one was asked leading questions with his decisions due to his higher level of language. The child was encouraged to describe his classification choice by using the key attributes incorporated in his reasoning. For example, the child could say, “ This square is big, so it will go in this basket.” If the child made an incorrect choice, I would ask the child to revisit the object and compare it to an object that is different. Focus student number two was only presented with one item at a time differing in two familiar primary colors. Acoustic highlighting helped the child understand what direction she was supposed to go towards when sorting the objects. Another modification that presented a positive impact was the use of parallel talk. Parallel talk is the narration that describes what the child is doing, or observing. For example, “ you picked the blue basket! Great job, you are right. The blue counter goes in the blue basket because they are the same colors.” Acoustic highlighting could be used for the words blue and same to show the relationship between the blue counter and blue