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The PIAAC Numeracy Framework: A Guide to Instruction
This article, by Donna Curry of the SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction PD Center, discusses several key elements of the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) assessment framework, including the definition of numeracy and numerate…
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About Text Sets
What are Text Sets? Why use them? When? Are they stand-alone, or do you need to pre-teach? Can they be used with all GLEs? See text set examples, and find answers to these questions in "About Text Sets":
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Curriculum: Critical Media Consumers Unit, Lesson 3
"Bias—In the News and Inside of Us" Lesson 3 of 3 for the ELA unit, "Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media"    Websites used in Lesson 3: MA STAR Handbook, pg. 17 chart of vocabulary strategies Media Bias Fact Check provides lists of sites that contain…
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Curriculum: Critical Media Consumers Unit, Lesson 2
"Introduction to Author's Purpose and Persuasive Strategies" Lesson 2 of 3 for the ELA unit, "Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media"   Websites used in Lesson 2: MA STAR Handbook, pg. 17 chart of vocabulary strategies ReadWriteThink's Persuasive Techniques in…
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Curriculum: Critical Media Consumers Unit, Lesson 1
"News—The Good, the Fake, and the Funny" Lesson 1 of 3 for the ELA unit, "Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media" Websites used in Lesson 1: MA STAR Handbook, pg. 17 chart of vocabulary strategies Video—Pizzagate Video—TED Talk: How False News Can Spread OR on YouTube…
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Text Set: The Psychology of Personality
With this text set on "The Psychology of Personality," explore five commonly accepted personality traits, how genetics and geography are factors that influence personality, and the question of whether our personalities can fundamentally change. Find other Text Sets, and read about their pre-…
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Text Set: Japanese-American Internment
Explore the WW-II era Japanese American internment through this text set designed for readers with a GLE range of 6–8. (Image credit: Dorothea Lange, National Archives)Find other Text Sets, and read about their pre-teaching considerations, structure, and use in "About Text Sets."GLE range: 6–8, or…
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Text Set: Forest Biomes
Explore Forest Biomes through this text set designed for readers with a GLE range of 9-12 and limited background knowledge. Find other Text Sets, and read about their pre-teaching considerations, structure, and use in "About Text Sets." GLE range: 9–12Created by Marie LeBlanc, 2018 When the teacher…
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Project Implicit
Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaborative network of researchers investigating implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings that are largely outside of conscious awareness and control. Project Implicit is the product of a team of scientists whose research…
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ELA Lesson Revision Template
This Lesson Revision Template is intended to be used as part of a group lesson study in relation to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE). It is adapted from the Standards-in-Action resource alignment tool from "Advanced Unit 2: Focusing on Assignments and Student…
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