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Two instructors and the director of Abisi Adult Education Center in Lowell, MA introduce you to STAR (Student Achievement in Reading) and its impact on adult learners in their school. (SABES)
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Video and transcript on the PD Center for ELA blog the Reflective Practitioner - Water those Seeds of Learning
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This one-minute, 12-second video supplements the Reflective Practitioner blog "Why I Teach," by Joan Schottenfeld, STAR teacher and career/educational advisor at the Perkins Adult Literacy site of the Boston Centers for Youth and Families.
The blog and video refer to the program STAR: Student…
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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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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of instruction for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Anna Fernandez-Buehrens is the DAR administrator and Rosemarie Cole is the student at…
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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a non-native English speaking student in order to determine if this student is eligible for the STAR class and also to determine the appropriate instructional level for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and…
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In this video, Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and she is joined by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult Learning Program. Joan demonstrates on how to teach comprehension using the summarizing strategy, Topic and Main point.
Joan uses explicit instruction by…
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The STAR Vocabulary Lesson video demonstrates on how to teach vocabulary to a STAR class using explicit instruction.
Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and also is a certified STAR trainer. She is joined in this video by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult…
