Learn To Eat (Math) Problems for Breakfast (NE)

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Overview

Problem solving strategies may be one of the most critical skills we can help our students develop. “Word Problems” can pose particular challenges as people attempt to decode both the math and the language that are part of these problems. We will apply key word, graphic organizing, estimation, finding a pattern and other strategies to solving word problems ourselves. We will outline areas of common difficulty and methods that can be used to both increase the level of adult numeracy and pass the GED.

Details

When

November 6, 2008 from 12:30 pm to 04:30 pm

Where

• North Shore Community College-Cumming Center, Beverly
• 100 Cummings Center-Suite 121E
• Beverly, MA 01915

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Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED, Other Curriculum & Instruction

Multi-session attendance required

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Contact info

Carol Bower
cbower@necc.mass.edu
987-738-7301

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

As result of this workshop participants will be able to:

 

 1)   Identify the challenges adult learners face in solving word problems.

 

2)    Understand five different strategies that can be used to solve word problems.

 

3)    Construct word problems appropriate for the adult learner.

 

 4)  Integrate new problem-solving strategies into ABE lesson plans

Presenters

Michele Bahr

Presenters Bio

Michele Bahr has participated in and co-facilitated Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy (TIAN) and Teacher to Teacher Exploring Math, in addition to teaching at ACCCESS. Her science background includes an M.S. in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii and microbial ecology research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Currently she is the Education Coordinator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at MBL and a substitute teacher at the Barnstable House of Correction.

Host RSC

Northeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

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