Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e6JKRET15001; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:27:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:27:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000719162440.013e95b8@hms.harvard.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Harold Bursztajn <harold_bursztajn@hms.harvard.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2456] Fwd: Informed Consent X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Status: OR Please send replies to Robin Paul. Yours truly, Harold J. Bursztajn, MD >X-Originating-IP: [194.125.220.5] >From: "robin paul" <robindra2@hotmail.com> >To: harold_bursztajn@hms.harvard.edu, pillingw@lynx.neu.edu, >robindra3@hotmail.com, Rob-Hamm@ouhsc.edu >Subject: Informed Consent Project >Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:42:09 GMT >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jul 2000 12:42:10.0164 (UTC) >FILETIME=[C1588340:01BFF17E] > >Dear Dr. Bursztajn and Dr. Hamm, > > About the informed consent project: Do you think that schools for the > deaf may have scales for oral comprehension? > >I've included an article here that outines what it means to have oral >comprehension: > >PBS/Mississippi State University Videoconference >(c) 1994 Langford International, Inc. > > >Comprehension >(Understand) >Ability to understand or grasp the meaning of what is being communicated >and make use of the idea without relating it to other ideas or materials >or seeing its fullest meaning. May involve translation, interpretation, >or extrapolation. > > >How do I know I am at this level? > >This level requires knowledge. I comprehend and understand what is being >communicated, and make use of the ideas without relating them to other >ideas or material. I may not yet understand the fullest meaning. Do I >understnad what others are discussing concerning this idea? >What do I do at this level? >I explain the idea or theory either in written or oral form. I translate >information into my own words. I can make an example and demonstrate >learning. I can interpret what the teacher is saying or what is being >communicated. I can do textbook assignments. I can recognize and extract >information. >How will the instructor know I am at this level? >The teacher will often ask questions or give tests that can be answered by >merely restating or reorganizing material isn a rather literal (clearly >stating the facts or primary meaning of the material) manner to show that >I understand the essential meaning (e.g. "Give the ideas in your own words."). >What does the instructor do at this level? >The instructor demonstrates, listens, quetions, compares, contrasts, and >examines the information and the student's knowledge of it. >What are typical ways I can demonstrate my own comprehension and >understanding? >Give an example... >What is the most important idea? >What will probably happen? >What caused this? >Compare. (What things are the same?) >Contrast. (What things are different?) >Why did you say that? >Give the idea in your own words. >Do I understand the terminology? >Process verbs: restate, describe, explain, identify, report, tell, >discuss, recognize, express, locate, review. > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Yours very truly, Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D. Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Psychiatry, co-Director Program in Psychiatry & the Law Phone: (617) 492-8366 Fax: (617) 441-3195 Web page: http://www.forensic-psych.com
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