Current Levels Of Academic Achievement And Functional Performance

The WIAT-III seems to be a reliable and valid academic achievement test; however, it is important to explore the feasibility of administering the test. The price of the WIAT-III is currently listed at $675.00; this price includes the components to administer and score the test (Burns, 2010). More expensive options are available that include the computer Scoring Assistant. The WIAT-III is more expensive than another achievement test labeled The Wide Range Achievement Test-IV. However, the Wide Range Achievement test is used more as an academic screener than a comprehensive achievement assessment (Burns, 2010). According to Burns (2010), the cost of the WIAT-III is one of the assessment’s main weaknesses. However, other achievement tests such

First, Dawn graduated high school in 2009, and she took a certificate program at Kwantlen immediately after graduating. After that, she currently works as a part-time teachers’ aide in the school district while she completes her criminal justice degree at UFV, and she is planning to graduate this winter. Dawn wants to improve her writing skills by taking CMNS 251, and this is a required course for criminal students as well. In addition, Dawn chooses the online course because she needs to work 2 or 3 days a week, studying online can help him to still work and do most of course work at night. But she still has some problem of taking course online, which is that assignments are due weekly, she has essays for every class so she is afraid of time management. In the academic, Dawn’s overall goal in UFV now is to cherish what each course has to offer. Since this is the last year in UFV for her, she put all her effort

The Phoenix Youth Achievement Program is long term program that provides low income Phoenix Hispanic youth the opportunity and support they need so they are able to obtain a high quality education that will allow them to achieve college and career goals in their future as well as be provided with the opportunity to embrace their home culture, language and country. The Phoenix Youth Achievement program will provide the support, resources, tools, opportunities, networking, and academic experiences from pre-kindergarten to their senior year that will allow the student to achieve a quality education. The PYAP will also help the students prepare for their college and career goals. In addition to helping achieve

The Woodcock-Johnson IV Test of Achievement (WJ IV) is used for individual ages two to ninety years old. A major strength of this assessment is that it provides a broad coverage of skills that can be assessed for the child to truly learn their strengths and weaknesses. For English as a Second Language students, the administrator can administer certain clusters of subtests to determine a child’s cognitive-academic language proficiency. Also, the test has many accommodations listed to help when testing English Language Learners, visual impairments, and other disabilities to provide the best testing environment for the student. A weakness of this assessment is that since so many subtests exist, it can become very easy to over

Due to concerns regarding T’Niq not having his glasses during the administration of the WISC-, he was administered the CTONI-2 to obtain a measure of his general intelligence utilizing a nonverbal format. T’Niq obtained a full-scale IQ score of 79 on the CTONI-2 which falls at the 8th percentile, indicating that he scored at or above 8 percent of his peers. This score falls within the poor range. T’Niq’s score of 79 on the CTONI-2 is consistent with his score of 73 on the WISC-IV administered at age 9.

Jaylen attends Lakemont Elementary School and is in 1rst grade. He was able to recognize the colors, such as red, black, and blue. His favorite food is pizza, likes to eat cereal for breakfast, and enjoys playing with his toys in the home and outside.

Functional School Skills: When Rowen’s name is called, he will occasionally look up as if he is recognizing he is being addressed. Rowen is working on developing his shape and color recognition skills. Interactive activities have been used such as songs, books, videos and puzzles.

Mr. Cedant has grown tremendously since accepting a position as a resident assistant with the Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2013. In this role, each semester he is tasked with the responsibility of living in a college housing community and providing advice, hosting educational programs, and facilitating campus awareness and growth for forty undergraduate students. Another responsibility that comes with

Matthew Simmons is one of the many students at Angelina College who struggle in finding a wonderful and quiet place to study. Matthew also struggles with completing his homework on time because he lacks the technology at home and he sometimes has trouble understanding certain concepts that his instructors give him. Various students have found college to be a bit challenging; a few of those students are unaware that the Angelina College library can help them with most of their problems. The AC Library is a great place to go study, complete homework assignments, and work on projects because it provides many services that help students, including computer services, study rooms, and tutoring (“Library”).

The transition to childhood can be a very difficult process for children with disabilities because they are entering an unfamiliar world with many different new things to explore and to survive this world there are certain skills that must be acquired. To develop those skills teachers, families, school staff, agencies and other professional come together to help students set goals and learn skills that are necessary to maintain a living, get a job and furthering their education, this preparation help facilitate the transition into adult life . During the transition planning different services and activities are develop to help student with

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Ja-Cody is a 5 foot 7 inch tall male. He lives on the poor side of his town. He has a brother named Matt. Two parents that don’t live with each other. He walks everyday to his school with his brother, a grade below him, with him. He is 16 years old and a Sophomore in high school. Ja-Cody is a big sneaker head and always has to have the next sneaker whenever they come out.

There are a large selection of college courses to choose from. Courses can be classified as core or elective. Choosing the correct course is an individual process and can be dependent on the degree selection or individual interests. It is important that the student be interested in the subject material the course will be covering. Interest piqued curiosity, which helps the student remain focused and interested in the course content. Many factors can affect the enjoyability of the course: such as teaching methods, duration of class, rapport with the teacher, rapport with classmates, type of class, and the students individual learning method. College courses provide students with the opportunity to learn and explore new possibilities that

Learning is more than just receiving information. Traditionally learning was to be in campus, where students would interact with one a another, there were no other ways for learners to get educated beside going to the classroom and listening to the instructor. Nowadays the Internet has brought different ways for people to receive information, such as getting education and degrees online. A few years ago online education was never thinkable, and yet it has become to reality and it is widely expanding with popularity. Online education is a type of educational instruction that delivers learning to individuals to their own homes, and it is getting very popular among nontraditional student and others. Individuals prefer online education

Although the application of online learning has increased rapidly, little is known about students ' perspectives and preferences. Students, as participants in the educational process, play an important part in the learning environment and have a good vantage point that should be given adequate attention (Fraser, 1998; Houston & Bettencourt, 1999). As the data shown in the research carried by