Transcript Great Skill!

The New ABE:
Preparing for the Next Step
NEDPC Conference
October 15 -16, 2012
Presenter: Sharon Muldowney
Middletown Adult Education, CT
ABE (Adult Basic Skills)
 ABE
in Adult Education programs
focuses on: Reading, Writing, Math
 Why increase these skills?
Improve Life Skills, Employability Skills
 Health Literacy
 Pass GED test or CDP classes or..
 Enter NEDP as a candidate What
information about the applicant does this
form provide?
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Current Class Instruction
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Reading to do something
Find information
 Understand instructions
 Follow directions …maps
 Main idea and some basic inference skills
 Other thoughts..
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Current Class Instruction (cont.)
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Writing to do something
Fill out applications
 Describe something
 Write letters/communicate
 Take messages
 Other..
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Current Class Instruction (cont.)
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Math to do something
Fill out a time sheet
 Read a graph and do some basic
computation
 Figure out what to tip in a restaurant
 Discounts, shipping charges
 Other….
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Norman Webb’s Depth of
Knowledge
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What is it?
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Basically.. 4 levels of assessing a student’s
work to see how well s/he understands the
concept
See handouts and talk about where your
class activities fall in these levels
ALSO…any technology involved right now?
NEDP Technology Skills SelfAssessment Checklist
Assess yourselves
 Just give a few ideas of what might help
increase these skills in ABE
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Old NEDP
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vs. New NEDP
Technology –
calculator…optional
keyboarding and
internet search
activities
Technology –
 This program will be
on-line and
accessed through a
computer.
Candidates will need
to produce
documents and
complete tasks using
a computer
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Old NEDP vs New NEDP
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Find information and
restate it
Read and interpret
graphs
 Read for main idea,
sequence, basic
inference
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Resources are given
to you, but you must
interpret them and
apply them.
 Make graphs and
analyze them
 Assess the
presentation,
author’s point of
view, use of
language, style
Old NEDP vs New NEDP
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Write paragraph,
letter of complaint
 Solve problems in
realistic situations
using multi-steps
 Distinguish fact from
opinion
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Word Document
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Same!! (with
technology)
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Distinguish fact from
opinion and fact from
point of view
Modify Instruction? Some ideas
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Do they have an email account?
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Keyboarding, accessing internet, using log
in and password. Plus, they need this for
NEDP!
Any keyboarding skills? Mavis Beacon
 Can writing be done as a Word doc and
then printed?
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Modify Instruction? Some ideas
How about a small strategy segment at
the end of class? Solitaire. You really
need to click and drag here!
 Finding information on the internet vs
using paper magazines and newspapers.
Use google news tab.
 Math websites for basic math, but, again,
they are clicking and moving ….
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Modifying instruction with DOK
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Starting with Level 2 (This might not be a big
change for us)
“cause and effect” “summarize” “classify”
 Show information in a different format.
Possibly an art project or explain through a
story
 Demonstrate how events or tangible things
are related
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Modify Instruction? Some ideas
Level 3 and 4 focus on strategic thinking
 A debate might be fun (Convince
someone)
 Conduct an investigation (mystery,
something in the news that’s baffling
etc.)
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Sample of ABE class activity
Objective: Identify details/Main Idea
Materials/resources: Pictures, short essays
Introduction: Explain the lesson plan for today
How does Main Idea help comprehension
Modeling: Show pictures and identify details / What is this a
picture of? Main Idea
Read selection …identify details / How did I decide on Main
Idea
Guided Practice: Show additional pictures…details/main idea
together.Selections read aloud..identify details together/main
idea
Independent practice: Pass out passages with main idea
questions
Group Activity
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Revise ABE class activity.
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Remember Technology and DOK will help
them be successful.
Summary
A friend once said “Change is good!!!
for everyone, but me.”
 We have help. Keep your resources.
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ICT Performance Indicators
 NEDP Competencies (draft 2012)
 NEDP Technology Skills SAC
 Handout on Level 1- 4 DOK
 NEDP Online Assessment Tips for NEDP
Candidates
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