Complementary to the stiker procedure, it may be a good idea to include some guidelines on how to mark the academic work (which ideally should go beyond a non penalty policy) to suggest a practical method for marking content. Obviously the use of the guidelines require to include/suggest to include some  accountability techniques, such as the inclusion of a couple of boxes so the tutor (usually a PHD student who work as a marker) can initial one box saying that he has read the guidelines and another for which he/she sais that he/she has used it. I have seen the method being used in one department and  works well. It particularly tackles perceptions of underperformance (the 30 seconds mind set rule knowd by cognitive psychologies) which is the real problem.
Andy 

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I produce a summary which goes to markers which identifies that unless accuracy in spelling, grammar / ordering of ideas is something that is a core component of the learning objective, then the student shouldn't be marked down in this situation.

We have a joint faculty with Kingston university, and I believe they have adopted a more inclusive approach, (i.e. spelling and grammar is not taken into consideration for any students, unless accuracy here ties directly into a learning objective / core skill of the course).

Michael Woodman
Disabilities Coordinator
Registry, Hunter Wing,
St. George's, University of London,
Cranmer Terrace, Tooting,
SW17 0RE.

www.sgul.ac.uk/disability

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wattss wrote:
> Has anyone used 'Dyslexia stickers' in their institution and then 
> decided to stop using them?
> Or do any institutions expect students with Dyslexia to produce the 
> same standard of academic writing in terms of spelling and grammar as 
> other students?  Not trying to provoke people just we have used 
> 'Dyslexia stickers ' for years and I'm not entirely convinced they 
> mean anything or should mean anything?
>
> Do you all expect tutors to mark work differently for students with 
> dyslexia or do you expect students with all their support to produce 
> work of the same standard in terms of academic writing?
>
> Sheila
>
>
>  
> Sheila Watts
> Manager of the Support Service for Students with Disabilities 
> Liverpool Hope University Hope Park Liverpool  L16 9JD
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