Dear Lesley
We do not allow this at Middlesex University. If students have been assessed as being entitled to use a PC the spell check is not disabled.
Many thanks
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From: ARC Assessment Practitioners Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susanna Nutley
Sent: 16 May 2013 10:43
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Subject: Re: Prompt sheets in exams
Dear Lesley,
No, we do not allow this. All of our dyslexic students are entitled to use their own spellchecker or if using a computer have the spell check enabled.
We would advise him to contact Study Skills for guidance.
Kind regards,
Susanna
Susanna Nutley
Assessments Officer, Registry Services ext 5650
-----Original Message-----
From: ARC Assessment Practitioners Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lesley Perry
Sent: 16 May 2013 10:25
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Subject: Prompt sheets in exams
Dear all,
Does anyone allow students with a disability to take prompt sheets into exams? At Reading we have not come across this before, but have today received a request from a dyslexic student, on the basis that his dyslexia means he cannot retrieve information from his memory without some kind of prompt. The student believes this is standard practice in some institutions, and I am trying to get an idea of how widespread this practice is.
I would be grateful if you could let me know whether you allow prompt sheets in exams, and, if so, briefly outline the process (ie how you determine whether a particular student is allowed a prompt sheet, what the sheet can contain (key words, mnemonics etc), how you deal with the practicalities of this in exams etc.)
Many thanks
Lesley
Lesley Perry
Examinations Officer
University of Reading
0118 378 8007
www.reading.ac.uk/exams
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