Mark
Is this the system run at UWIC?
Iain
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:49:04 -0000 "Boyce, Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hello Katy
>
> As far as I understand it, in relation to GCSA and A Levels anyway,
> Examination Board guidelines are that spellchecking devices on computers
> have to be disabled prior to an exam taking place. For students with
> dyslexia special dispensation should then be given for spelling and grammar
> errors during marking.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Mark Boyce
> Dyslexia Support Tutor (UWIC)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katy Mann [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 March 2004 17:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Dyslexia/Spellcheckers/Exams
>
> I'm hoping that someone out there can give some pointers on this.
> At Westminster, in exams, students with Dyslexia can claim extra
> time and the use of a computer with spellcheckers.
>
> This has raised issues for students on Integrated Health courses
> who do Science and botany based subjects. Does anyone have any
> experience ( perhaps with medical students?) about the
> appropriateness of the provision of specialist spellcheckers given the
> subject matter.
>
> Lecturers are looking into the issue, but at the moment the general
> feeling it a lot of the terminology in things like botany can be very
> similar as it has the same latin root and the provision of a
> spellchecker is not appropriate as students have to know the correct
> terms.
>
> Hope this makes sense. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> Katy
>
>
>
>
> Katy Mann
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