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Show General Directions The purpose of this program is to survey at all grade levels each child's to find meaning in pictures, to see spatial relationships, to reason with numbers and perform the basic arithmetic computations, to define common English words, and to understand short sentences and paragraphs. ability The plan is to conduct one area of the survey during the first each of five successive days according to tbe following schedule: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Picture period on Survey Spatial Survey Number Survey Word Survey Reading Survey It is hoped that every participating teacher will approach the survey with the kind of enthusiastic support that will establish good rapport wih students and insure their best efforts. After making certain that each child has. pencil with eraser, the survey sheets for the day will be passed out and the ide.tifying information will be com pleted at the top of each sheet which calls for it. Then the teacher will read through the practice problems with the class and make sure that they are being done correctly. ·Answer any questions during this practice period, and make every effort to insure that each child understands what he is to do. Then have the stu dents turn to the survey proper and tell them to work as many of the problems as they can, after which they are to hand in their papers and proceed with the usual activities for the day. If any students are still working .2!!! .!!!!£ begin ning E.!!! smver proper, collect all remaining paper' at that time. On such short tests as these, one houris time 'should be adequate for even the slowest children to demonstrate the extent of their ability. An effort has been made to Notice that all answers possible. forms, not on separate answer simplify directions and procedures as much to be indicated directly on the survey as are sbaets. During the survey proper, if students raise questions or appear to be at loss to proceed, work with them individually, trying not to disturb the rest of the class. Refrain from giving any clues to the answes by directing attention If any back to the practice problems for the purpose of clarifying procedures. questions are raised about gueSSing, tell them they should try any of the prob much of each test lems which they understand. Encourage all children to do as a as they can within the sixty minutes allowed. The Survey requires a slightly different procedure than any of the other surveys. In order to give non-readers or poor readers an opportunity to demonstrate their number skills, teachers are aske4 to read each of the story problems aloud twice, slowly and distinctly, allowing thirty seconds between prob lems for children to record their answers. (In the absence of a watch, estimate the lapse of thirty seconds by counting slowly to yourself from one to thirty). that children be told to solv! all of these problems "in their It is important heads," without writing anything on their papers except the answers. Failure to provide these instructions will invalidate the results. After reading aloud the |
