AS4 – Task 4
Match the cohort with the correct issue and solution.
Cohort
Issue
Solutions
Mature
students
Handwrite notes and may
find it difficult to write
continuously for an hour.
Vital points are missed
which are then omitted from
essays and exams.
Handouts are used as a template in
lectures so vital points are not missed
and all notes do not need to be written
down.
"Traditional"
students
It can be difficult to follow a
lecture, and to write notes,
in a second language.
Students download lecture material
before the lecture and engage in
relevant reading in their own time.
Students
with a
Disability
Students sometimes must
miss lectures due to medical
appointments.
Students look at handouts in advance
and familiarises themselves with the
lecture structure.
Students
with a
Specific
Learning
Difficulty
(SpLD)
Some students will find it
hard to follow the structure
of the lecture aurally.
Students use handouts in lectures as
templates onto which they can add
their own notes. This means less
writing, and also gives students the
chance to read key words and names
they may miss if only relayed orally.
International
students
Students find that lectures
become an exercise in
speed writing and this
hinders active cognitive
engagement with the
content.
Student uses handouts in lectures as
templates onto which they can add
their own notes. This means less
writing, and gives students the chance
for cognitive engagement.
Adapted from: Trinity College Dublin (2011) Lecture handouts - Who benefits? Available from:
https://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/TIC/accessible-info/student-info/who-lh.php (Accessed: 27 October 2014).
AS4 – Task 4 – Answers
Cohort
Issue
Solutions
Mature students
Handwrite notes and may find it
difficult to write continuously for
an hour. Vital points are missed
which are then omitted from
essays and exams.
Handouts are used as a
template in lectures so vital
points are not missed and all
notes do not need to be written
down.
"Traditional"
students
Students find that lectures
become an exercise in speed
writing and this hinders active
cognitive engagement with the
content.
Student uses handouts in
lectures as templates onto which
they can add their own notes.
This means less writing, and
gives students the chance for
cognitive engagement.
Students with a
Disability
Students sometimes must miss
lectures due to medical
appointments.
Students download lecture
material before the lecture and
engage in relevant reading in
their own time.
Students with a
Specific Learning
Difficulty (SpLD)
Some students will find it hard
to follow the structure of the
lecture aurally.
Students look at handouts in
advance and familiarises
themselves with the lecture
structure.
International
students
It can be difficult to follow a
lecture, and to write notes, in a
second language.
Students use handouts in
lectures as templates onto which
they can add their own notes.
This means less writing, and
also gives students the chance
to read key words and names
they may miss if only relayed
orally.