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Facing the Challenge of Numeracy in Adult Education

Forrest P. Chisman

出版	Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, 2011
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UHK3swEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This is CAAL's final report on its two-year Adult Numeracy project investigating the arguments for shifting from traditional math instruction in adult education to instruction in a more comprehensive set of numeracy skills. This report lays out the case for numeracy education reform, explains the differences between traditional math and numeracy, presents and analyzes the best ideas currently available for shifting from traditional instruction to a more comprehensive numeracy curriculum, describes the key challenges and issues educators must face if they are to reform math education. Table of contents: * Part A: Setting the stage (Introduction. Context) * Part B: Problems with math education (Content. Procedures. Applications / Communications. Numeracy. Teachers. Assessment) * Part C: Translating to adult education (Introduction. A New Curriculum. Student Time Issues & Background Knowledge. Articulation Problems. English Language Learners. How Much Is Enough? Teacher Preparation) * Part D: Summing up (Expanding the Math Agenda. GED & ESL as Forces for Change. Leadership & Partnership. The Research Imperative. Final Observations) * Appendix A: Endnotes * Appendix B: Numeracy Roundtable Participants.