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Assessment & marking.

Assessment and marking of the exams and coursework of dyslexic students can raise many issues and concerns.

Here you will find suggestions for addressing some of these issues, for example, giving feedback and adjusting deadlines in ways that benefit dyslexic students.

You may find ideas for both inclusive practice and for making reasonable adjustments that are applicable in your discipline area.

Inclusive teaching

Examples from Feedback

  • Have a transparent method of offering formative feedback for both coursework and exams.
  • Allow students to see marked exam papers with feedback comments.
  • Allow the opportunity for follow-up discussion on written feedback comments.

Video examples

Dyslexia video: "Dyslexic students: approaching exams and using extra time.." Duration: 1 minute : 49 seconds

Dyslexic students: approaching exams and using extra time.

"…it helps a lot and lets me check off the questions…because sometimes there's just that one line in there that I've missed…"

1 min 49s student perspective video by Joe Cornfield et al., in Exams

Dyslexia video: "Introducing podcasting and WebCT: implications for dyslexic students.." Duration: 5 minutes : 3 seconds

Introducing podcasting and WebCT: implications for dyslexic students.

"…one thing I really noticed was that the dyslexic students did better than they typically did and indeed have tended to do better than the other students in this…"

5 min 3s inclusive teaching video by Richard Field, in Assessment style

Dyslexia video: "Dyslexic students and exams: giving effective feedback on performance.." Duration: 4 minutes : 13 seconds

Dyslexic students and exams: giving effective feedback on performance.

"…but she hadn't realised that it was the level of detail that was really required…"

4 min 13s student perspective video by Barbara Taylor et al., in Exams

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