[Athen] Spelling accommodations or AT

[Eckelberry, Robin]

Hi ATHEN,

What kind of accommodations or AT have you put in place for spelling? Here are the details of the scenario:

Students travel through stations in a cadaver lab, and recall and spell anatomical parts correctly

  *   These classes have correct spelling of medical words as a course competency; therefore, an accommodation cannot be to not penalize for spelling errors.
  *   Access to spellcheck on a tablet would be challenging, as we are unsure how to block access to other apps or other sources of information on that tablet
  *   Instructors are concerned that handheld spellcheck devices such as the Spellex PocketMed Spell Checker give unfair advantages when recall is required, as a student can type in the first few letters of a word and have the correctly spelled word or list of words come up on the screen
  *   Dictating their answers through something like Dragon Medical would likely not work when other students are present in the lab and can overhear
  *   Due to time, staffing, and space limitations, students requiring spelling accommodations cannot test alone separately from the rest of the students

Any help you can provide will be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Robin


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Robin Eckelberry MS
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