Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

recours aux classes

English translation:

falling back upon / (relying upon) / using inclusive categories

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Mar 25, 2018 14:08
6 yrs ago
French term

recours aux classes

French to English Other Education / Pedagogy
Psychological report for 18-year old. This part of the report is talking about the verbal comprehension index. I am really not sure what this means. Can anyone help?

"Il réfléchit difficilement et apparait peu précis, aussi perd il de nombreux points pour ne pas avoir été extrêmement précis, la demande de reprécision apparait par ailleurs anxiogène pour *****. Le recours aux classes incluantes est pour autant aisé pour ****, si les précisions ne sont pas demandées.

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katsy Mar 25, 2018:
just a remark "classes incluantes" gets practically no google hits. I assume we are translating French from France. If the expression referred to a type of class (my first reaction was perhaps a class which included children suffering from any kind of disability - not always the case even if legally it should be so!), I would expect to find it on a Ministry of Education website/page. I wonder therefore - and here my expertise ends (I'm OK with the educational system but not with psychological tests) - if "classes incluantes" might refer to an element of the test in question -i.e. insofar as the young person in question finds it difficult to be precise might it refer to classes of words which would cover more generally the expected answer ? Off the top of my head, for example - "an oak tree" is expected - the student just says 'tree'

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French term (edited): recours aux classes incluantes
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falling back upon / (relying upon) / using inclusive categories

This should be read as indicated, with the term "incluant(es)" being part of the term. Is not about inclusive education, ("classe inclusives", not "incluantes") but about the ability to classify and use categories. This is originally pure ol' Piaget or categorisation and classification.

The verbal comprehension index of the WISC-IV assesses verbal reasoning, understanding and conceptualisation, via 5 subtests:
- SIM : similarities
- VOC : vocabulary
- COM : comprehension
- INF : information
- RVB : verbal reasoning

The protocol for the WISV-IV enables the person having the child pass the test to prompt and encourage in certain circumstances, and in some instances, to suggest a similar category in order to see if the child does actually understand and know what the exercise is getting at.

Here, the child gets anxious when encouraged in this way, although falling back on inclusive categories is easy enough for X, as long as he is not asked to provide details ("le recours aux classes incluantes est pour autant aisé pour ****, si les précisions ne sont pas demandées.").

I admit to having used the WISCV-IV (and V) in clinical situations during internships, not to mention numerous classes and practical sessions in class. It helps in udnerstanding what is going on here.


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A child can sometimes understand the gist of the exercise, without being able to provide precise answers. From a clinical point of view, using classes (categories) can enable the clinician to appreciate a certain level of understanding, particularly where the child does not produce the expected answer. One that is close in terms of meaning can help the clinician to nuance the child's score and provide key information in terms of interpretation of the test results.

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I'm British and originally trained in law and languages, but have since obtained a master's research degree biology and neuroscience, and am currently studying and training to become a clinical psychologist. ;-)


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(The bio/neuro/psycho stuff being done in France). :-)
Note from asker:
Thank you Nikki for your explanation. It really has helped.
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agree ph-b (X) : I don't kinow the subject at all but this is what I understand (roughly) from the refs I posted below.
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Yup, Piaget and all that jazz.
agree katsy : LIke ph-b, didn't know this before, but fine - I had just found a reference https://www.special-learning.com/article/full_scale_intellig... confirming what you say at 16.27
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agree Victoria Britten
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks Nikki"
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Following up on / Catching up on his classes


Maybe it means this.

"Following up on his classes (well)............... when the specifics (or whatever) are not required."
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neutral Drmanu49 : I believe this is the remedial system in specific classes, NOT Following up on his classes.
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But you can follow up in any level, from baby-level to remedial through to advanced. Your comment makes no sense.
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attending remedial classes

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/remedial

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If you know that a remedy is a type of medicine, then you have a clue to the meaning of remedial. Like a remedy, remedial classes are supposed to improve you, specifically in school subjects that you haven't done well in. Lately, the term is most often used to describe courses given to students who are not prepared for ...

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Co-enseignement : comment améliorer les conditions d ... - Eduscol
eduscol.education.fr/experitheque/consultFicheIndex.php?idFiche=12676

Co-enseignement : comment améliorer les conditions d'inclusion d'enfants sourds et malentendants en français en classe de CP et développer une culture inclusive .... Certains enseignants d'autres classes incluants également des élèves de cette ULIS ont aussi adapté leur emploi du temps afin de rendre possible cette ...
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agree mchd
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Thank you.
disagree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : This is not about inclusive education, but about how the "passation" of the WISC-IV can be done. The protocole enables generic prompting to see if the child can in fact understand.
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agree writeaway
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neutral ph-b (X) : Doubt it...
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Reference:

classes incluantes

I don't think it has anything to do with remedial/special classes, etc. - it's about psychology. I read the text as saying that X uses classes incluantes easily, whatever these classes my be and whatever the whole thing means.


Piaget Constructivisme Intelligence: L'avenir d'une théorie
https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=2757419129
Annie Chalon-Blanc - 2017 - ‎Education
L'inclusion des sous-classes dans une classe incluante ne peut se lire dans les données car la traduction matérielle de cette notion se fait en deux temps successifs. En un premier temps, le sujet peut constituer des sous-classes spatialement distinctes, et en un second temps les réunir dans la classe incluante avec ...

Études de linguistique et de sémiologie générales
https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=2600043047
Luis Jorge Prieto - 1975 - ‎Grammar, Comparative and general
Si, en effet, deux traits dégagés par l'analyse d'un signifié déterminent des classes se trouvant en rapport logique d'inclusion entre elles, la mention de celui qui détermine la classe incluante est superflue, puisqu'il figure nécessairement dans le signifié en question du moment qu'y figure celui qui détermine la classe ...

I think you need a translator who specializes in psychology here.
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agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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