This book is targeted to adult education math teachers, trainers, and curriculum developers. Each chapter introduces views on the nature of numeracy, discusses instructional principles and recommended teaching practices, and examines assessment strategies.
Math and Numeracy: All Resources, Research and Curriculum
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This NCSALL Review of Adult Learning and Literacy chapter provides a comprehensive view of the state of numeracy instruction in the United States and other English-speaking countries. This review examines the field of adult numeracy education through three lens: research, practice, and policy. They...
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This document describes key stages in the development of the Numeracy assessment scale for the ALL survey that took place between 1998 and 2003. The authors present a conceptual discussion of the numeracy construct and its facets, examines approaches to assessment of mathematical skills, and...
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The aim of this document was to review what is known about adult numeracy (in many countries, not just the USA), to identify gaps in our knowledge and understanding about adult numeracy, draw out the implications for practice and make recommendations for further research. This report includes a...
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This book is from the National Research Council and covers most of the math topics that apply to adults as well as children. The Standards for Mathematical Practice were adapted from the integrated strands of proficiency: conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive...
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This issue of the COABE journal is focused on numeracy. Articles include a focus on research, practitioner perspective, and forum.
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This document explores the nature of numeracy. After a thorough review of various math and numeracy curricular and assessment frameworks and standards documents from adult education, K-12, and community college, the authors discuss the definitions of numeracy. Their analysis identified three major...
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What exactly is a curriculum and how do we create one for our program? This brief video defines what a curriculum is and how having one in place helps us as teachers. The video also defines the parts of a curriculum, including scope and sequence, instructional units, lessons, and more. *Video...
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This guide is designed for practitioners, including teachers, lead instructors, and professional developers, who are ready to take up the challenge to change how numeracy is taught in adult education. If instructors shift their teaching to focus more on the use of numeracy skills, they might find...
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This handy graphic shows you how visualizing with number lines runs throughout the CCR Standards. From the earliest level, working with operations with whole numbers to irrational numbers in level D, the use of number lines is encouraged so that students can build conceptual understanding along...
