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Many Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes include students who are non-native English speakers. These English Language Learners (ELLs) often need different teaching approaches or additional support to be successful in ABE classes. This session from the 2016 COABE Conference explores the needs of ELLs and many ways ABE instructors can teach and support them. ATTACHMENTS: Teach Support ELLs in ABE COABE 2016 Martin
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Presentation discussing practical ways to use the Problem Solving in Technology Rich Environments (PS-TRE) assessment, a part of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Presenters will share how they are using this tool with library patrons to better understand adults' skills. Results from the assessment will be used to design library programming to meet their patrons' digital literacy needs. ATTACHMENTS: Using PIAACs Education and Skills Online to Examine Adults Skills Locally
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Simply put, area models are rectangles made of rows and columns that illustrate multiplication. From this simple foundation you can solve problems (multiplying fractions), approach challenges in new ways (long division), teach properties (distributive property), and introduce algebraic concepts in an accessible way (multiplying polynomials). Which applications could be useful in your context? ATTACHMENTS: Rectangles as Problem Solving Tools COABE 2015 Rectangles Handout
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At this workshop, the NYC-based Community of Adult Math Instructors (CAMI) shared their process of staring a citywide math teachers' circle to collaborate with other teachers and expand their knowledge of mathematics. Participants attended a "CAMI Roadshow" meeting, where we engaged in an inquiry-based process of algebraic thinking through the use of visual patterns, problem-posing, and multiple strategies for problem-solving, including drawing, different ways of seeing, making charts/tables and making predictions and generalizations. We created a Google Drive folder with all of the materials from the workshop - Exploring Algebraic Thinking in a Teachers' Circle
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A mix of economic example lesson plans and activities to use in math instruction. Useful ideas for ESL to ASE. Best practices in math and personal financial literacy. Lessons include student activities and background information on economic or personal finance content and how it relates to mathematics. These activities have varied lesson delivery styles that reach a variety of learning styles. Students can apply their mathematics to real world situations. ATTACHMENTS: Economics Flashcards Economics Questions from PowerPoints Financial Literacy Websites mortgage spreadsheet 200000 dollars Principal Then and Now -“ 1913's prices verses today's Money Matters Handout1 money matters
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Algebra can be as approachable as adding if we show our students where it already exists in their everyday lives. This COABE 2016 session will present new methods to teaching algebra as patterns, rules, equations, and lines on a graph while utilizing research-based tools, techniques, and resources learned from the Adult Numeracy Instruction -“ Professional Development (ANI-PD). Hands-on practice and ready-to-use resources will be provided.
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Computer-assisted Instruction for Work-related Basic Reading and Numeracy includes two short, free, basic reading and numeracy professional development videos for teachers. Students preparing to be nursing assistants are shown in a computer lab using KeyTrain computer-assisted instruction software in an authentic class providing basic reading and numeracy. Interviews provide background on Notre Dame Education Center (NDEC) in Lawrence, Massachusetts, its computer-assisted instruction program, and its related job skills training, work readiness and support services. Computer-assisted instruction coaches discuss the program and how students use the instructional software; and two students discuss how they use computer-assisted instruction at the program and at home. Links to the videos and a document that shows which math and reading skills in the curriculum are used by nursing assistants will be found at http://www.mlots.org/?page_id=61
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Points on the coordinate grid, functions, equations, graphs, and slope--if tackled individually this can be an overwhelming list! In this session we will practice using a free, adaptable worksheet that summarizes and links those topics in an organized way. Use the sheet over and over with various prompts to give your students practice and emphasize connections among these concepts. ATTACHMENTS: A Tool for Teaching Functions and Graphs COABE 2015 Sample Prompts Exploring Functions and Graphing