Hector E. Hernandez
National University
In partial fulfillment of the requirement for TED 621 B
Dr. Teresa J. Johnson
March 30, 2012
CASE STUDY TEMPLATE
Name of NU Student ____Hector E. Hernandez______________________
Child’s Name ___Miguel_______ Child’s grade level ___3rd ____________
A. Student Strengths and Weaknesses
The Data that has been collected, read, and analysis was to determine Miguel’s strengths and challenges (weaknesses). According to Miguel’s Data his strengths are Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Vocabulary. In the phonemic awareness: The student is scoring very well in phonemic awareness/oral language. He was able to get 10 out of 10 in sounding out words. He was also able to identify and say almost the entire alphabet. In the Phonics: This is one of the students’ greatest strengths. He is able to say the sounds of words correctly. He is at the same level as an average third grader. In the Vocabulary: The student got 12 out of 14 vocabulary words correctly. That shows that the student is about an average third grader. The student was not able to define two of the words. That was his only weakness in this section. The Challenges that Miguel’s Data shows are in Fluency, Comprehension, and Writing/Spelling. In Fluency: This is one of the student’s weaknesses. He scored below grade average. He scored in the 20th percentile, which means that he has significantly below grade level abilities in sight word recognition. An average third grade student should read an unpracticed grade-level passage at the 50th percentile rate of 71cwpm. The student scored in the 50th percentile for a first grader. Student reads haltingly, word by-word, with little or no expression. The other is Comprehension: This is another one of the student’s weaknesses. He scored at a level 4 when an average third graders scores between levels 28-30. The student’s score are of those of a 1st grader. The student does not seem to understand what
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