Chapter 15 Questions to Consider

Chapter 15
Turn to p. 559 in Ormrod’s text.  Now, imagine that you are meeting with Ingrid’s grandmother today to explain her scores on the recent standardized achievement test pictured at the bottom of p. 559.  What will you tell her about Ingrid’s performance? her strengths? her weaknesses?
If grandmother asks you what she could be doing at home to help strengthen Ingrid’s skills, what will you suggest?



I would personally probably start off by showing her the actual test and explaining what each thing meant. I would tell her that she scored well above average in Reading Comprehension and Science. She scored almost above average in Social Studies. I would tell her that she scored below average in spelling and math computation, and that she scored average in math concepts. Then we would obviously point out that her major strengths are reading comprehension and science, also she did really well in social studies. She definitely needs to work on her spelling and her math computations. I think that she could set aside time to help Ingrid with her spelling skills. Maybe once or twice a week they could sit down and just practice those spelling skills. You could even make it a fun activity by reading one of her favorite stories and picking out words in the story to spell. For her math computation skills I would suggest going back to the test and looking at the problems and then probably assigning her to a tutor if her grandmother isn't really skilled in the area of math. I had the privilege of having a dad that was a math major so when I was having a difficult time in that subject I had someone to help me. So back to Ingrid, I would probably get her a tutor for math. For spelling, I really think that the grandmother can help with that at home.