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Revealing Minds
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Description| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc (US) |
| Author(s) | Craig Pohlman / Mel Levine |
| Subtitle | Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published | 8th August 2007 |
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Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners
Revealing Minds is a practical, hands-on guide to assessinglearning problems, based on the approach of All Kinds of Minds, the
groundbreaking nonprofit institute co-founded by Mel Levine.
Whereas most assessments of struggling learners focus on what is
"broken" within a student and needs to be fixed, All Kinds of Minds
has adopted a more positive and comprehensive approach to the
process. Rather than labeling children or categorizing them into
certain pre-defined groups, their optimistic and helpful path
creates a complete picture (or "profile") of each student,
outlining the child?s assets along with any weaknesses, and
identifying specific breakdown points that lead to problems at
school.
The process of assessment should be able to answer a question
such as, "Why is my son struggling with reading?" with a better
answer than, "Because he has a reading disability." Revealing
Minds shows how to discover hidden factors?such as
language functioning, memory ability, or attention
control?that are impeding a student?s learning. It goes
beyond labels and categories to help readers understand what's
really going on with their students and create useful learning
plans.
Providing scores of real-life examples, definitions of key
terms, helpful diagrams, tables, and sample assessments, Pohlman
offers a useful roadmap for educators, psychologists, and other
professionals to implement the All Kinds of Minds approach in their
own assessments.
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