2. The Changing Face of ABE: Meeting New Challenges March 26, 2015 CAACE Conference 2015 Presenter: Sharon Muldowney Middletown Adult Education

3. Agenda  What is ABE?  What are our new challenges?  Changes: Meeting our challenges  DOK – Depth of Knowledge  Technology  Summary

4. What is ABE? (Some ideas)  Reading, Writing, Math (pre- high school level)  Preparation for a higher level GED class  Preparation for entering NEDP (National External Diploma Program) or Adult High School Credit Program  Increase employability skills  Increase life skills (maybe health literacy)

5. Challenges:  The new GED and the new NEDP (National External Diploma Program)  CCRS (College and Career Readiness Standards)  Credentials required for employment and post secondary

6. The New GED preparation class  Evidence – Details that support a main idea, argument, a finding or a conclusion etc.  Analyze, understand relationships, evaluate arguments, cause and effect  Informational texts are stressed (longer passages) (Also, background knowledge)  Algebra and geometry and mathematical reasoning

7. The New NEDP  Prepare oral presentations, write essays, analyze, comparing/contrasting, citing resources  Background knowledge (Scientific Method, Civics, Current events etc.)  Understanding math concepts and apply them (interest, percent)  Setting, Theme, Character, Point of View, Plot etc.

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9. How do we meet the New Challenges? Depth of Knowledge! Technology!

10. Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge  What is it?  Basically.. 4 levels of assessing complexity of thinking or cognitive demand.  Level One – Recall and Reproduction  Level Two – Working with Skills and Concepts  Level Three- Short Term Strategic Thinking  Level Four – Extended Strategic Thinking

12. Which DOK ?  Compare/Contrast two arguments  What is the misconception in this article and why?  When and where is this event happening?  What is the author’s point of view? Evidence…Example “Strangely enough…”  A restaurant added a new outdoor section that was 8 feet wide and 6 feet long. What is the area of their new outdoor section?  (a+b ³ ) =a ³ +3a²b+3ab²+b ³ Use unit cubes to show that the two sides of this equation are equal.

13. More Practice  Use DOK Level 1 and Level 2 handouts  At your table, pick one bulleted suggestion and increase the complexity to the next DOK level  Let’s take a look first!

14. DOK 1:  Level 1: Level 1 Activities  Recall elements and details of story structure, such as sequence of events, character, plot and setting. Ex. Where is this story happening?  Conduct basic math calculations. Ex. 23 X 12 =  Represent in words or diagrams a scientific concept or relationship. rocks grains molecules atoms

15. DOK 2: Level 2 Activities Solve routine multiple-step problems. Ex. Math word problem: Determine what steps are necessary to solve problem. (First add, then multiply, then divide by a number squared.) Describe the cause/effect of a particular event. Identify patterns in events or behavior. Ex. Give students numbers that are increasing by a certain amount. Can they see the pattern? Formulate a routine problem given data and conditions. Ex. Give a hypothesis and see if students can come up with a test for it. Organize, represent and interpret data. Ex. Making a graph to show trends

16. DOK 3 Level 3 Activities Develop a thesis and support it with details and examples. Hypothesize the cause of an historical event and support your thesis. Determine the author’s purpose and describe how it affects the interpretation of a reading selection. Develop a scientific model for a complex situation. Given a numerical pattern, what is the rule?

17. Delivering Instruction  Explicit instruction (Engage students)  Model strategies Venn diagrams, graphic organizers, working in pairs/groups)  Meta cognition (thinking through)  Doing together  Independent work  “I do, we do, you do”

18. Designing ABE Instruction  First: Sticking with what we know..  Start with student learning outcomes..what are the learning objectives?  Example: Determine the perimeter or area of rectangles given a certain shape.  What level? (Keep in mind: complexity vs. difficulty)  Also, keep in mind: not about the ‘verb’  Describe the steps vs. Describe the importance of this amendment

19. ABE Instruction (cont.)  Going deeper instead of broader  Example: (Learning Objective: Students will compute the area of a rectangle)  Area:  Follow a formula  Here is the area and here is the length. What is the width?  Why does length x width work?

20. ABE Instruction (cont.)  Applying reading skills on all levels, however, deeper understanding  Let’s try it: DOK Question Stems  Give information in a different format. Oral presentation, Power point, graph, graphic organizers  Writing. They need to be explicit and able to express thoughts clearly. Use Writing Frames Writing’s important.  Cooperative Learning

21. Adding Technology to ABE  Writing- use Word Document  Resource: Mavis Beacon Software, www.typing.com, www.keybr.com www.typing.com, www.keybr.com  Mouse skills (point and click, drag and drop etc.  Assignment: Find information on the internet  Instructional software like Kahn Academy  Open and closing files and new windows, tabs  Resource: www.nedpc.netwww.nedpc.net

22. Adding Technology to ABE (cont.)  Email  Using your work email, email students regarding school related issues  Cooperative Learning to present something in Power Point  Solitaire (strategy and computer skills)  Remember: Engage students and present materials in alternate formats. Model the use of technology.

23. Summary  What is the goal of the student? Depth of Knowledge  Level 1 Recall: Recall of a fact, information, or procedure.  Level 2 Skill/Concept: Use information or conceptual knowledge, two or more steps, etc.  Level 3 Strategic: Requires reasoning: developing plan or a sequence of steps, some complexity, more than one possible answer. Technology  Infuse with instruction  Give resources for practice  The change is: ABE extends beyond what we have traditionally have done!

24. Resources  http://atdn.weebly.com http://atdn.weebly.com  www.gedtestingservice.com www.gedtestingservice.com  www.kahnacademy.org www.kahnacademy.org  www.nedpc.net www.nedpc.net  https://teal.ed.gov/resources https://teal.ed.gov/resources  https://www.understood.org/en (disability oriented) https://www.understood.org/en  https://newsela.com/ https://newsela.com/