A “cue-card” is a tool that can be used to recall the multiple steps in multiple-step activities. In school, a cue card might list out the steps in division or working with fractions and decimals. At home, a cue card might list out the steps for the child to clean her play room. For the business person, a cue card might list out all the steps required to proof-read and finalize a project or report. Any multifaceted task that requires one to use working memory is a candidate for a cue card.
Cue cards not only help the individual who struggles with working memory, they also help those who are in charge of them. For example, the student who has a cue-card for working with fractions and decimals not only learns these multiple step procedures faster, she is also less likely to ask, “What’s the next step?” as many times. The business person can get her project completed faster if she has a template or cue card that lists out the steps required for the task.
Some examples of cue-cards can be found at James Madison University’s Learning Toolbox.
Under section 504, the use of a cue-card could be considered an “auxiliary aid”
In Texas,talk to your child’s principal to find out if a cue-card could be used on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.
If your child in private school takes the Stanford Achievement Test, (10th edition) talk to her headmaster to see if cue cards could be considered a “visual aid.”
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