Training people to test a primer

Training people to test primers requires some extra steps in the process of training people to administer literacy materials tests. This module takes you through steps specific to primers.

Here are some prerequisites for training people to test a primer:

• You need to make sure trainees understand the basics of the reading approach and reading program on which the primer is based.
• You need to make sure they understand the format of the primer and the lessons in it.
• You need to review Training people to administer literacy materials tests for important information on the whole process.

• Teach trainees the entire primer, modeling exactly how to teach the material. Notes
  • If the trainees were involved in the primer construction and are very familiar with it, you do not need to teach the entire primer.
  • If the trainees are already quite literate or are trained teachers, you can move quickly and teach several lessons in each training session.
• As you teach the primer lessons to trainees, explain the reason for each part of the lesson and its importance.
• Point out any special areas of concern in the primer.
• Teach the trainees how to record reactions to the primer.

  See:	Primer testing questions

• Task module: Training people to test a primer
• In task module: Testing a primer
• In task module: Testing instructional materials
• In task module: Testing various kinds of literacy materials
• In task module: Testing and evaluating literacy materials, by Trudy K. Stewart (contributor) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In task module: Evaluating components of a program, by Julia R. Van Dyken (contributor) and Stephen L. Walter (contributor)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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