ASE Teacher's Group "Learn to Eat Word Problems for Breakfast" (SE)

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Overview

Developing Math Sense: Strategies and Decoding for Solving Word Problems in Math 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 3, 2008 from 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Where

• Bristol Community College
• Bristol Community College
• 777 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA
• Room # L-108

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Registration Deadline

Oct 27, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Topics

GED

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811, ext 2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

• Identify the challenges adult learners face in solving word problems
• Understand five different strategies that can be used to solve word problems
• Construct word problems appropriate for the adult learner
• 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 workshops, in addition to teaching at the ACCCESS program. 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 Program Coordinator for The Wolbachia Project at MBL (http://discover.mbl.edu).

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

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