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National Reporting System Educational Functioning Level Completion Webinar
This webinar, recorded in March 2017, is led by Dana Varzan-Parker from ACLS. The webinar is designed to help ABE directors, teachers, advisors, and other stakeholders understand educational functioning levels (EFL)s and how student EFL completion is determined and reported under the new …
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Making Connections Between Research and Practice COABE Webinar Recording
This webinar, led by Alisa Belzer from Rutgers University and Dr. Margaret Patterson from Research Allies for Lifelong Learning, was recorded in March 2017.
Document, Video
Science Videos for Adults: A Curated List
This is a great list of "recommended science video collections... that, although not specifically made for adult learners, are engaging and suitable for adults who need to learn science," curated by a group of adult education science teachers working with David Rosen in a LINCS group.This list was…
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The Right Tool for the Job: Improving Reading and Writing in the Classroom (2016)
The Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence has reviewed nine online ELA tools. The Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence reviewed nine online ELA tools, which they’ve written about in The Right Tool for the Job: Improving Reading and Writing in the Classroom. The…
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What I Use in My Classroom
According to the website, What I Use in My Classroom is a "teacher-authored collection of resource reviews for free online tools and materials. The recommended resources are accompanied by teachers’ reflections on the product’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as how they’ve used it effectively…
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Checklist for Evaluating Text-Dependent Question Quality
Use this checklist to review existing questions with a text, or to jumpstart writing new questions to accompany a text.Close reading of a text, and text-dependent questions, are aligned with College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE), Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely…
Video
Building a Curriculum Video
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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Using the PIAAC Numeracy Framework to Guide Instruction: An Introduction for Adult Educators (2017)
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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Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Developing Reading and Writing (2012)
This 28-page booklet, available online or as a printable PDF, is produced by The National Academies Press. It is based on the report Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research, created by a committee of experts convened by the National Research Council at the request of…
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Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Supporting Learning and Motivation (2012)
This 35-page booklet, available online or as a printable PDF, is produced by The National Academies Press. It is based on the report Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research, created by a committee of experts convened by the National Research Council at the request of…
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