Problem-Solving Activities, Videos, and Articles Promoting Growth Mindset

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Youcubed
· Appropriate for: Building teacher background knowledge, Use in class, Knowledge of teaching · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Problems, Videos, Hands On Activities · Readiness: Some resources are ready for the adult ed classroom and some would need to be adapted · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

As adult education instructors, we know that our students bring all kinds of preconceived ideas about math into the classroom. Many see math as boring—a subject governed by processes, rules, and formulas that has little connection to their world. Furthermore, because they may have struggled with math in the past, they think that they will never be good at math. “I’m just not a math person.” We’ve all heard that from our students. Continue reading Problem-Solving Activities, Videos, and Articles Promoting Growth Mindset →

Embedding Questions in Videos

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Zaption
· Appropriate for: Use in class, For student independent work · Available: Videos · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

How often do you use video with your students? How often do you think your students access video? Perhaps you are using the Flipped Classroom model ( typical homework and in class work are flipped–students may read or watch a video outside of class and then time in class is used for discussion, exercises, and projects).

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All about Email

Technology
GCFLearnFree: Email 101
· Appropriate for: Building teacher background knowledge, Use in class, For student independent work · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings, Hands On Activities · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

GCF stands for Goodwill Community Foundation and through their Learn Free website they share over 125 tutorials divided into sections Technology Basics, Living in the Online World, Microsoft Office, Essential Skills, and Work and Career. These are all worth exploring and the site is a useful toolkit whenever you need to brush up on information yourself, as well as a tool for students to use whenever they need more information. Continue reading All about Email →

Inspiring Student Curiosity (or What’s “Real” about Real-world Math?)

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Dan Meyer's Three-Act Math Tasks
· Appropriate for: Use in class · Available: Problems, Videos · Readiness: Some resources are ready for the adult ed classroom and some would need to be adapted · Engagement: 3 = very engaging

“So I’m there on the beach with my friend Ben when we notice a taco cart up the road. Ben wants to walk straight over, but I’m thinking we walk a lot slower in the sand than we do on the street. So I say we walk straight to the street and then down the street to the cart. So we went our separate ways…” Thus begins the first Three-Act math task I ever experienced, courtesy of Dan Meyer.

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Free Writing Lessons and Resources at Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

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Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
· Appropriate for: Building teacher background knowledge, Use in class, For student independent work · Available: Lessons, Texts/Readings · Readiness: Resources can be used as they are · Engagement: 2 = engaging

Do you need information about grammatical rules or ideas about how to teach persuasive writing?  This site has free information and lesson plans for everything that your students need to know to be successful on the HSE test. Continue reading Free Writing Lessons and Resources at Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) →