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Yendle, Jo – Basic Skills, 1996
Illustrates methods of teaching place value, multiplication, division, and metrics to adult basic education students. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Metric System
Lucas, Kathleen; And Others – 1991
This booklet is a designed to introduce adult basic education/literacy instructors to a spiral sequencing approach that may be used to teach whole number skills. The booklet begins with a brief discussion of integration of numeracy into literacy instruction. Discussed next are the benefits of using a spiral sequence for numeracy facilitation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Educational Benefits
Dondertman, Betty; Ciancone, Tom – 1991
This numeracy package, which is intended for use by facilitators in group or tutoring situations, consists of materials designed to help adult literacy students understand number systems, appreciate the different roles that numbers play in daily life, and gain the confidence needed to work with numbers in everyday situations. Part 1, which…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 1997
An international numeracy scale compared how well adults in seven countries--the United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Australia, and Denmark--handled some basic tasks involving numbers. The questionnaire comprised a set of 12 numeracy tasks that respondents were asked to complete using pen and paper. Within each country, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Bernstein, Peg – 1992
This curriculum guide, developed by an adult basic education program for disadvantaged women, provides methods for teaching mathematical concepts and operations including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents. The curriculum illustrates methods and activities that bridge the gap between numerals (the symbols of mathematical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Arithmetic, Females
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1993
The six articles in this issue tackle topics that relate to the role and function of numeracy in adult life. "Reading Comprehension in Written Mathematics Problems" (Sue Wareham) examines the levels of reading ability required of numeracy students and offers strategies to help students with limited reading skills. "Can Ordinary…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1992
This material provides an initial assessment procedure to help identify the level of basic skills competence of people entering education or training. It is based on Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit Standards that describe how and to what level of performance adults should be able to use communication and number skills. The material can be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Cooper, Richard – 1994
This guide contains a collection of alternative techniques for teaching arithmetic that have proved useful in teaching both children and adults with various learning problems. Discussed first are several underlying principles of instructing individuals with learning disabilities, problems, and differences and special accommodations for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Marr, Beth; And Others – 1994
This document, which was developed to meet the needs of trainers and workers in Australia's automotive industry for learning activities designed to boost auto workers' numeracy skills, contains a total of 33 learning activities organized into 8 sections. The topics covered in the individual sections are as follows: calculators (key words and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Calculators
Trusiak, Virginia – 1995
This document contains the lesson plans for a 12-week course in basic workplace math that was developed for clothing and textile workers through the joint efforts of Northeastern Illinois University's Chicago Teachers' Center and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. A chart for recording students' mastery of 25 course objectives is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Markus, Nancy L. – 1996
This document compiles an "honest list" of what is needed for adult numeracy. The first section consolidates the four posited Massachusetts Adult Basic Education (ABE) Math Standards into three adult numeracy themes: relevance/connections, problem solving/reasoning/decision making, and communication. A discussion of each theme is followed by some…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Wearne, Chris – 1997
This curriculum material is designed to be used effectively in any adult literacy and basic education program to develop numeracy skills in learners with an interest in cars. This flexible course consists of six units. It can be taught as a short course, units can be taught individually, and units can be taught in any sequence. Each unit is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Ciancone, Thomas – 1991
This annotated bibliography profiles 27 print publications about and for adults whose mathematics skills are below the eighth-grade level. Entries describing the following materials are presented: 5 handbooks/guides (including an introduction to numeracy teaching, adult numeracy training pack, and manual for teaching place value); 2 publications…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic
Lord Fairfax Community Coll., Middletown, VA. – 1993
This curriculum includes outlines for a series of professional readiness courses designed to improve the various basic skills required of hospital personnel. The first eight sections consist of course outlines/materials on the following topics: user-friendly arithmetic, user-friendly fractions, user-friendly algebra, problem solving through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Skills

Goschen, Claire – 1994
This curriculum module contains lesson plans and application activities that were developed to help adult students master the mathematics skills needed to earn a general high school equivalency diploma. Included in the module are materials designed to help students improve their understanding of mathematics and achieve the following objectives:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Algebra, Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives
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