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VALRC Resources

• GED as Project – Math Volume 2
  These GED level lessons employ the Inquiry Process approach. Each lesson “finds the math” that can be learned in test items from the PA version of the Official Practice Test, and helps learners discover connections between math concepts. Student lessons are in Word so you can download them, cut and adapt them to fit your needs and your students.
• Teacher Observation Project
  Check out Indicators of Good Teaching in Adult Education.

Internet Resources

• A Review of Literature in Adult Numeracy: Research and Conceptual Issues
  Includes contributions by Iddo Gal, Diana Coben and Kathy Safford. This review is the first major product of the Adult Numeracy Initiative, a two-year project funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education, and conducted by the American Institute for Research. The report provides a synthesis of research on several facets of adult numeracy, including instructional approaches, interventions, and assessment. The second report of the project, a comprehensive review of professional development initiatives in adult numeracy, will be available later this winter.
• Components of Numeracy by Ginsburg, Manly and Schmitt of ANN (the Adult Numeracy Network) and published by NCSALL
  This paper describes the components of numeracy for adults in a clear and interesting manner. It also offers suggestions born of research on instruction in numeracy, the most effective approaches for adults, and implications for further research.
• GED Testing Service (GEDTS) Statistical Study: Mathematics
  Print off this quick summary of a statistical analysis that points out the themes most missed on the GED Math test. Includes sample problems.
• Principles
  Excellent teaching and learning principles as guidelines for instructing adult learners in math, from the Adult Numeracy Network site. Quick read.