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School tests- difficult child won't guess; only answers if he is certain
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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 418012" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>Eeyore also refused to respond to teachers unless he was 100% sure he knew the answer. Most memorably, at 5 in the Early Childhood Special Education classroom, he refused to respond to "what color is this?". The teacher has sent home a note asking us to take him to be tested for color-blindness because he just did not seem to be understanding that things have different, specific colors. Then one day he walked into class, took the teacher by the hand and dragged her over to the color board, pointed to every color and named it correctly. He just wasn't going to try and answer until he knew them all. He also had one high IQ result and several low-average/average results. The last standardized test results placed him in the 20%ile -- found out later that he just filled in the circles randomly as soon as he hit 1 problem in a section that he wasn't 100% sure of the answer. </p><p></p><p>Similar problems with Piglet, husband just met with one of her coaches tonight. The coach said "Piglet always focuses on making the play the correct way. Sometimes she just needs to go for it instead of being so focused on doing it perfectly."</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't worry too much about the false IQ score. I would try and get them to help him with test strategies. If he is willing to work for you, I would get a test prep book a grade level behind where he currently functions and have him practice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 418012, member: 1169"] Eeyore also refused to respond to teachers unless he was 100% sure he knew the answer. Most memorably, at 5 in the Early Childhood Special Education classroom, he refused to respond to "what color is this?". The teacher has sent home a note asking us to take him to be tested for color-blindness because he just did not seem to be understanding that things have different, specific colors. Then one day he walked into class, took the teacher by the hand and dragged her over to the color board, pointed to every color and named it correctly. He just wasn't going to try and answer until he knew them all. He also had one high IQ result and several low-average/average results. The last standardized test results placed him in the 20%ile -- found out later that he just filled in the circles randomly as soon as he hit 1 problem in a section that he wasn't 100% sure of the answer. Similar problems with Piglet, husband just met with one of her coaches tonight. The coach said "Piglet always focuses on making the play the correct way. Sometimes she just needs to go for it instead of being so focused on doing it perfectly." I wouldn't worry too much about the false IQ score. I would try and get them to help him with test strategies. If he is willing to work for you, I would get a test prep book a grade level behind where he currently functions and have him practice. [/QUOTE]
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