drivers ed
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i have a few high school students who have repeatedly failed their drivers ed written test. i got some toy cars and drew a few roads and intersections on posterboard for a mock-up of turns, yeilds and so on. that seems to have helped, but i'd be grateful for any other ideas you might like to share.
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Sally Olsen
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There is an excellent rewritten driver's ed manual for Litearcy students that keeps things very simple and straight forward. http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/resourcs/new ... swin08.htm
They often seem to fail on the numbers. How many feet from a school bus, how many feet from the fire hydrants, how many feet from the car in front of you. It is good to pace this off so they feel the real distance.
You can bring in a road map and plot the route to various places from the school or their homes. Good for learning street names.
I find that the students fail because they get the question wrong and don't read it. They see some word they know or a number and just guess at the rest but the question is really about something different.
You have to turn each fact into a question for them but unless they can really read they can still be tricked.
I find it best for these students to have the oral test. If you have drilled them on every fact in the book, they can answer the questions orally.
If you are from the US there is an online test.
They often seem to fail on the numbers. How many feet from a school bus, how many feet from the fire hydrants, how many feet from the car in front of you. It is good to pace this off so they feel the real distance.
You can bring in a road map and plot the route to various places from the school or their homes. Good for learning street names.
I find that the students fail because they get the question wrong and don't read it. They see some word they know or a number and just guess at the rest but the question is really about something different.
You have to turn each fact into a question for them but unless they can really read they can still be tricked.
I find it best for these students to have the oral test. If you have drilled them on every fact in the book, they can answer the questions orally.
If you are from the US there is an online test.