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Download full textBrittan, Jessica – 1993
Intended for numeracy tutors, teachers, and trainees, this handbook provides guidance about teaching numeracy. Chapter 1 examines the extent of the numeracy problem in Great Britain, the kind of experiences that students may encounter in grappling with numerical concepts, and the range of ways in which numeracy is taught. Chapter 2 includes four…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Certificates, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedRaybould, E. C.; Solity, J. E. – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
Precision teaching can accelerate basic skills progress of special needs children. Issues discussed include using probes as performance tests, charting daily progress, using the charted data to modify teaching methods, determining appropriate age levels, assessing the number of students to be precision taught, and carefully allocating time. (JDD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Charts, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
Amster, Harriett; And Others – 1975
This study was designed to investigate the effects of peer teaching on mathematics achievement, nonverbal reasoning, and attitudes of students teaching and being taught by this method. The methods of selecting and training peer teachers, and the special mathematics curriculum used, were those developed by Louis Schell. Students participating…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Instruction
Mattke, Thomas L. – 1990
Based in the belief that many preschool programs have an orientation toward a developmental philosophy yet are not developmentally appropriate in program practices, this discussion contrasts developmentally and psychometrically oriented approaches, reviews literature on program design and children's needs, and provides guidelines in the areas of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Muir, Buzz; Wischropp, Theodore – 1981
This training manual is intended for teachers new to adult basic education programs and attempts to cover certain aspects and knowledge areas relevant to the adult learner's situation. Chapter 1 outlines what teachers and students need to know. For teachers this includes content knowledge, learner characteristics, interpersonal skills, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Counseling
Barshis, Don – 1979
The Loop College's Individual Needs (IN) Program is a total support service and academic program for high-risk students during their first semesters at the college. This descriptive report begins by describing IN's personnel requirements and the duties of the program director, the program advisor, the senior tutor/Developmental Learning Manager…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Basic Skills, College Programs, Community Colleges
Moore, Lawrence H.; Jackson, Sharon – 1984
This manual is intended for use in training new and first-year adult basic education (ABE) teachers in Kentucky. Discussed in the introductory chapter are the roots of ABE in Kentucky, the basic goals and objectives of ABE, and the ways in which programs are established and operated locally. Next, the characteristics of adult students are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
