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Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book
Exciting Strategies to Prep Learners for the New Test
November 22, 2013Adult Education: A World of Possibilities
Bloomingdale, IL
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Meagen Farrell
Author, trainer, consultantGED instructor
@farrellinkFacebook.com/farrell.inkFarrellink.com
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Agenda
1. What to expect in January 20142. Implications for instruction & curricula3. Facilitating engaging lessons: “Up in Arms
Over the Second Amendment”
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Rules for the Road
• Stay with the group! Don’t get distracted by your mobile device or side conversations.
• Questions? Yes, please! Just raise your hand and tell me your name & location.
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What can we expect in January 2014?
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The Big Changes
Common Core State
Standards
Depth of Knowledge
100% Computer-
Based Testing
New Test Pricing
Four Intertwined
Subjects
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Common Core State Standards
• GED assessment targets are based on the CCSS and other career & college readiness standards
• Also used for standards-based instruction• Skills standards in English Language Arts &
Mathematics (not content standards)
• “Fewer, clearer, higher”
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Depth of Knowledge
Replaces Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Measures cognitive complexity of a task.
GED test items:• 20% level 1• 80% levels 2 & 3
1• Verbatim Recall • Paraphrasing
2• Main point, patterns• Identify relationships
3• Inference & synthesis• Prediction, elaboration
4• Generating hypotheses• Complex analysis
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Computer-Based Testing
2012 CBT Testing Results(2002 series test)
Partnering with computer-based testing provider Pearson VUE
2014: Automated scores available within 3 hours
Reduced Stress!
Increased scores Time left over
Math Passing Rate (1st Time)83% on
computer 30% on paper
Overall Passing Rate88% on computer 71% on paper
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New Price for GED Test
• Cost for test battery $120 for 2014 & 2015-- Jurisdictions may set student fee higher/lower
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Value for the GED Test
• Adults with a high school equivalency diploma earn $250,000+ more over their lifetime.
• GEDTS is protecting the value of the credential for test-takers:– Litigate to protect GED name: 40 fraudulent companies
shut down already– Improve customer service to test-takers: great YouTube
videos & tutorials!– Continue to research value of passing the GED Test &
market to colleges and employers
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Four Intertwined Subjects
Reasoning through
Language ArtsScience
Social Studies Mathematical Reasoning
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Content from Real Life Scenarios
Reasoning through
Language ArtsScience
Social Studies Mathematical Reasoning
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Writing Constructed Responses
Reasoning through
Language ArtsScience
Social Studies Mathematical Reasoning
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Interpreting Data
Reasoning through
Language ArtsScience
Social Studies Mathematical Reasoning
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Questions?
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Implications for Instruction & Curricula
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Find a Partner• Take 5 minutes to discuss how you think the
new 2014 GED test will impact instruction & curricula. How will it affect you? your students? your program?
• As a reminder, the 5 changes we discussed:– Common Core State Standards– Depth of Knowledge– 100% Computer-Based Testing– New GED Test Pricing– Four Intertwined Subjects
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Implications for Instruction & Curricula
• Who would like to share?– Name one effect on you– Name one effect on your students – Name one effect on your program
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My Two Cents on Teaching Adults
• GED test prep programs are like marathon training programs at a gym.
• Single-subject instruction is like running alone on the treadmill, day after day.
• Interdisciplinary group instruction is like working out with a team.
InterdisciplinaryGroup
Instruction
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My Two Cents on Teaching Adults
Q: How do we keep it fresh?
A: The book provides strategies, you add the content.
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Questions?
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Facilitating Engaging Lessons:Up in Arms Over the Second Amendment
Field Tested in Cleveland, Ohio
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Interdisciplinary Lesson
2nd Amendment
Social Studies content
Analyze reading
passages
Interpret data
Write a response and cite evidence
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This Lesson Combines
At least 8 different activities from the
book
Several teaching
approaches
A theme chosen by
the learners
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Why Are We Learning as a Group?
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• One person talks at a time.• We do not have to agree.• Everyone can share their thoughts and feelings.• Respond to the topic, not to others’ comments.
Are there rules you want to change, delete, or add?
How Do We Want to Act as a Group?
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• Read and analyze the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and two different viewpoints on what it means from two active U.S. citizens’ groups.
• Choose a position to support, and select evidence to support that position.
Activity
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• What is the U.S. Constitution?• What is the Bill of Rights?• What is an amendment?
Before We Read
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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment
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We will now read about two different citizens’ groups that interpret this amendment in two different ways.
Two Groups, Two Meanings
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The NRA believes the Second Amendment means that most U.S. citizens have the right to personal gun ownership and use.
Why? They believe “a well regulated militia” means all citizens have the right to defend themselves with guns.
National Rifle Association (NRA)
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The Brady Campaign believes that the Second Amendment means that we should enact stronger regulation to protect citizens from gun violence.
Why? They believe that “A well regulated militia” means just people in regulated categories are authorized to own and use guns.
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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The NRA looks at evidence that handgun bans increase murder rates.
Why Do They Think Differently?
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The Brady Campaign looks at evidence that there are too many victims of gun violence.
Why Do They Think Differently?
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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
The Second Amendment
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• What does “a well regulated militia” mean?• If you had to choose between the Brady
Campaign and the NRA, which would you support? Why?
• What evidence supports your choice?
What Do You Think?
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Write a few sentences explaining whether you would support either the Brady Campaign or the NRA. Why? Use at least one quote or statistic we looked at today.
Summarize Your Thoughts
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Questions?
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