Schools for thought Book

Pohlman makes a clear case for a positive assessment approach that "demystifies" a learner's weaknesses and assets, with the aim of providing an effective prescription for instructional support. A neurodevelopmental framework is introduced to explain how to recognize the linkages between academic skills and neurodevelopmental functions through the use of appropriate assessment tasks. Pohlman promotes a phenomenological approach to understanding a student (by "splitting," or breaking things down to the root causes, rather than "lumping") and provides guidance for organizing this information in an understandable way for everyone involved, including the student.