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Direct linkRitchey, ChristiAnne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The mathematics test is the most difficult test in the GED (General Education Development) Test battery, largely due to the presence of story problems. Raising performance levels of story problem-solving would have a significant effect on GED Test passage rates. The subject of this formative research study is Ms. Stephens' Categorization Practice…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, General Education, Formative Evaluation, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Download full textManly, Myrna; Ginsburg, Lynda – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
In adult education, algebraic thinking can be a sense-making tool that introduces coherence among mathematical concepts for those who previously have had trouble learning math. Further, a modeling approach to algebra connects mathematics and the real world, demonstrating the usefulness of math to those who have seen it as just an academic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Mathematical Concepts, Arithmetic, Algebra
