In addition to the wealth of resources below, the SABES Math Team offers individual and group coaching to help you grow your practice. We can support you with teaching practices, instructional routines, math content knowledge, curriculum... whatever you need to continue to grow professionally. If you are interested in coaching, visit the SABES Coaching Hub.
Educator Growth and PD
Self-Study Tools & Guides
- Mathematics Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Education
- Targeting Professional Learning in Math, related to the MA ABE Professional Standards and the Mathematics Proficiency Guide
- Mathematics Professional Standards Self-Evaluation Tool
- Math "What to Look for" Guides
- The Learner Variability Project Self-Study Guide
PD Resources
- Back to School Math Resource List (Math PD opportunities and engaging instructional materials and strategies)
- Literacy Minnesota Online Training Repository
Recommended books and articles
- Adult Numeracy Development: Theory, Research, Practice (2000)
- Algebraic Thinking in Adult Education
- Components of Numeracy
- Designing Instruction with the Components of Numeracy
- A Lesson Planning Framework That Leads to Productive Struggle
- Mathematics in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation
- The PIAAC Numeracy Framework: A Guide to Instruction
- Using the PIAAC Numeracy Framework to Guide Instruction: An Introduction for Adult Educators (2017)
- Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy (TIAN) in Action: Teachers' Stories
- The Teaching Gap
- Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students
- TEAL Math Works Guide
- What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Benefits Everyone
Grow Your Conceptual Understanding
Division, Fraction Strips, and Number Lines
Teaching Tools
- Modeling Benchmark Percents and Fractions
- Problem-Based Learning Resources
- Project-Based Learning Resources
Classroom Videos
EMPower
- EMPower website
- EMPower video: Identifying Lesson Content
- College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards and EMPower Materials Alignment
Standards
Resources for College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) - Mathematics
- Overview Grid of CCRSAE for Adult Education
- College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (Math Excerpt)
- CCRSAE for Math Resources
- College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (Mathematics): A Short Exploration
- College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (Mathematics): A Short Exploration - SPANISH SUBTITLES
- Fractions through the Levels Chart
- Visualizing Number Lines through the CCRSAE
- Visualizing Number Lines - SPANISH VERSION
Research
Research on Student Perspectives
- Adult Learners' Reported Use of Mathematics in Their Current and Future Lives - based on interviews with adult education students in Cambridge MA
- What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand about Mathematics
Research related to Instruction
- Building on Foundations for Success: Guidelines for Improving Adult Mathematics Instruction - includes sections on mathematics instruction and the goals of adult learners; instructional strategies; and teacher preparation
- The PIAAC Numeracy Framework: A Guide to Instruction
- Seeing as Understanding: The Importance of Visual Mathematics for Our Brain and Learning
Research on the Big Picture
- Adults Learning Mathematics (ALM) International Research Forum
- Adult Numeracy and Its Assessment in the ALL Survey: A Conceptual Framework and Pilot Results
- Adult Numeracy: Review of Research and Related Literature
- Adult Numeracy: A Reader. Four Papers from CAAL's January 2011 Roundtable on Adult Numeracy
- The Inclusion of Numeracy in Adult Basic Education
- Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, Vol. 6, Number 1, Spring 2017
- Research on Math (additional resources)
All of our Resource Collections
- Classroom-Ready Materials
- Resources for ADEI and Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Resources for Teacher Growth and Support
- Resources for Teaching English Language Learners
- Resources for Teaching Math Remotely
- Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Differences
- Recursos Disponibles en Español
Topic Area
CCRSAE (College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education)
Math & Numeracy
Professional Standards
Media Type
Website
Resource Type
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PD Team
SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum and Instruction PD Team
