- Self-awareness is critical in enhancing one's motivation. When adult
learners understand their disabilities, they can begin to understand
why they have struggled with learning. They begin to accept that
their failures were not a reflection of their intellectual ability, but a
reality of how they were taught and how they process information
differently.
- The aim of accommodations is to enhance adults' learning through
modified and/or different teaching methods, the use of adaptive
technology and the provision of opportunities for alternative
assessment and examination procedures which incorporate learners'
requirements. In other words, it is a different way to complete a task.
Practitioners need to determine if the accommodation is needed to:
- Adjust the setting/environment
- Adapt the task
- Adjust the instruction/presentation of information
- Make accommodations in testing/performance
- A holistic approach should be taken when accommodations or
assistive technology is being considered. Assistive technology does
not eliminate the need for instruction in social and academic skills; it
is only one piece of the overall support identified in the learners'
training plans.
- The use of accommodations does not give adults any additional
advantage. The purpose of providing various assessment strategies
and accommodations is to minimize the impact of the learners'
disabilities on their performance. This helps learners to be on more
equal footing with non-disabled adult learners. It doesn't make it
easier for the learners, just possible.
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