Kansas Adult Educator Resources

Opening Remarks from Dr. Susan Fish
 

Shifts Happen

• Key Shifts in English Language Arts
• Key Shifts in Math
• Text Complexity 
• Text complexity analysis of Ripe Figs by Kate Chopin
• Text-Dependent Questions
• Readability Score

Standards

• College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education
• Common Core State Standards
• Standards in Action Resources

Complexity and Rigor

• The relationship between Bloom's Taxonomy, Webb's Depth of Knowledge, and Hess's Rigor Matrix
• Bloom's Taxonomy Action Verbs
• Webb's Depth of Knowledge graphic
• Hess's Rigor Matrix with ELA Curricular Examples
• Hess's Rigor Matrix & Math & Science Curricular Examples 
• Task-oriented Question Construction
• Webb's Depth of Knowledge webinar GED Testing Service®, 2012
• Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Guide: Career and Technical Education DefinitionsMassachusetts State, 2009

2014 GED®

• GED Assessment Guide for Educators
• Item Samplers
• Teacher's Guide to the 2014 GED Test
• Extended Response Scoring Rubric    Updated July 2013!
• GED Math Formula Page 2014 Test
• GED Math Formula Page 2002 Test
• 2002 to 2014 Content Comparison and What's New
• Kansas State Library access to Learning Express Library

Good Teaching

• Designing Units of Instruction
• Writing Objectives
• Creating Assessments
• Do you check for understanding?
• Lesson Plan template
• Differentiated lesson plan (multi-level)

Building Teacher Content knowledge - All Subjects

• The Annenberg Foundation
• Teacher's Domain
• Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons
• PBS Learning Media
• TV411
• Teachers Pay Teachers
• Goodwill Learn Free

Building Teacher Content knowledge - Math

• LINCS-Math
• Khan Academy 
• Annenberg Learner: Algebraic Thinking
• Key Concepts: Pre-algebra
• The van Hiele Model of the Development of Geometric Thought
• Algebraic Thinking in Adult Education
• Dan Meyer on remodeling math class
• Illuminations, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Teaching Writing

• Academic Vocabulary
• LINCS - Writing
• Evidence-based Practices for Teaching Writing
• Answering the Constructed Response Essay Question
• Cracking the Constructed Response Essay Question
• Constructed Response
• TEAL - Teach Summarization
• Summarization Techniques
• National Council of Teachers of English

Teaching Reading

• Bringing the Common Core Standards to Life in the Classroom
• A Primer on "Close Reading of Text"

Teaching Social Studies

• Teaching Social Studies with Primary Resources
• PBS Learning Media
• The History Place
• The National Archives - Teacher Resources
• The History Channel
• The American Memory - Today in History

Teaching Science

• Khan Academy
• LINCS-Science
• National Science Teachers Association free resources

Technology

• Wonderful World of Technology from the GED Testing Service®
• Mousing Around
• Goodtyping
• Power Typing
• Typing Web
• Goodwill Free Computer Training
• Calculator Tutorial