How might students with cognitive disabilities and other special ...

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How might students with cognitive disabilities and other special educational needs have performed on Mr. Van Holten's assignment?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How should Mr. Van Holten evaluate his students' papers?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[mariahkathleeen]

Answer to Question 1

Following are some possibilities:
 Some students may have exceptional difficulty managing their time in such a way that they can complete the assignment by the due date.
 Some students, especially those with poor reading and writing skills, may quickly become discouraged and give up on the task long before it is due. A few may feel so overwhelmed by the enormity of the project that they don't even begin it.
 Some gifted students may respond positively to the challenge of the task and to the noncontrolling

Answer to Question 2

Because Mr. Van Holten has not identified specific criteria in advance, he is going to have a difficult time evaluating them in a consistent, reliable fashion. He should probably limit his grading criteria to those that have been implicitly clear from the start (the paper must be at least ten pages long, it must incorporate information obtained from the library, each paragraph should have a topic sentence and one or more supporting sentences, etc.). At the same time, he should provide feedback regarding other errors that students have made

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TYSM

[scottmt]

Great answer, keep it coming