Learner and practitioner experiences using the tool

Practitioner perspectives

Overall, a decent vehicle for the results that developed. It is definitely more beneficial when you go through the tool with the learner instead of having him or her respond to the questions on their own. The practitioners who used the tool found the time required to administer, score and interpret the tool was manageable and they both plan to continue to use the tool in the future. Some of the students' perceptions of their problems were not very realistic so that although they reported having no difficulty with some tasks, I would think they would, according to my experiences with them in my class. I'm not sure the screener accounted for this subjectivity.
One practitioner plans to use the tool when a learner appears to be running into barriers so that both the learner and practitioner can try to understand the potential barriers. The other practitioner, who is a learning strategy instructor, will use the Delta as a screening tool after conducting a few learning strategy sessions with the student.

Learner perspectives

Five learners participated in using the tool. Based on their feedback, it appears it was a positive experience for the learners. They felt it was easy to understand and the time to complete the questions was good. The majority of the learners found the results that the practitioner shared with them were easy to understand and will help them learn better. Most of the learners would tell other learners to use the tool with their instructor.

Review observations with the learner

Always use caution when interpreting the screening tool results or scores. Refer to the test manual to help understand the level of reliability of the test scores.
Information from the screening test results might include:

• The likelihood that a person has a learning disability (e.g., persons with this score 70% of the time have a learning disability);