Importance of Ongoing Learning Media Assessment
Nicole Johnson, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Kutztown
University njohnson@kutztown.edu
Over the past years, emphasis has been placed on practices to
develop literacy skills in all children. United States Department of Education
(2002) considers literacy to be the academic cornerstone of education. Early
literacy instruction begins during preschool years and provides children with
developmentally appropriate settings, materials, experiences, and social
support that encourages early forms of reading and writing that flourishes
into conventional literacy (NAEYC, 2003). The first significant step in
encouraging the development and attainment of literacy is the assessment of
learning media (Koenig & Holbrook, 2005). It is imperative that the learning
media assessment (LMA) take place at an early age to ensure children with
visual impairments are given the correct tools to facilitate learning beginning
in the early years
LMA is the process of systematically selecting learning and literacy
media for students with visual impairments (Koenig & Holbrook, 2005). The
main purpose of a LMA is to evaluate a student's preferred use of sensory
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