PDF Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED® Preparation

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

The 2014 GED? Test

Revised March 2016

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

Rod Duckworth, Chancellor Career and Adult Education, Department of Education

Zelda Rogers, Senior Educational Program Director Adult Education, Career and Adult Education

June Rall, Director of IPDAE Tamara Serrano, Project Support Specialist for IPDAE

Writing and Development Team Bonnie Goonen Susan Pittman

Revised March 2016

Funds for this publication were provided through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Division of Career and Adult Education, Florida Department of Education. Reprinting or photocopying a section of this publication for educational and promotional use is encouraged.

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The IPDAE project is supported with funds provided through the Adult and Family Literacy Act,

Florida Department of Education and Division of Career Adult Education.

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: The Adult Learner ................................................................................................... 12 The GED? Student .................................................................................................................... 12 Characteristics of the GED? Student........................................................................................12 The GED? Classroom ................................................................................................................ 14 Effective GED? Programs ......................................................................................................... 14 Helping Students Become Better Learners ............................................................................. 15 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 16 Learning Style Inventories ....................................................................................................... 16 Teaching Styles ? What's My Style? ........................................................................................ 17 Personal Teaching Style Inventory .......................................................................................... 17 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 18 Why Do I Need to Know About the Adult Learner? ................................................................ 18

Section 2: The Multi-Generational Classroom ........................................................................ 19 Who Are Our Students? .......................................................................................................... 19 Classroom Implications for Different Generations..................................................................22 Who Are the Millennials? ........................................................................................................ 23 Overview of the Millennials .................................................................................................... 24 Implications for the Classroom................................................................................................ 26 What Will Work For You? ........................................................................................................ 26 What Will Work Against You? ................................................................................................. 28

Section 3: Assessment ............................................................................................................. 29 Assessment for the GED? program .......................................................................................... 29 What Is Assessment?...............................................................................................................29

3 The Role of Assessment in Teaching ....................................................................................... 29 Entrance Criteria for GED? preparation...................................................................................30

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

Initial Assessment ................................................................................................................... 30 Enrollment in the GED? Preparatory Program ........................................................................ 31 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 31 GED ReadyTM ............................................................................................................................ 32 Assessment to Support Instruction and Student Outcomes .................................................. 32

Section 4: The GED? Test......................................................................................................... 33 History of the GED? Test ......................................................................................................... 33 Reasons for Taking the GED? Test........................................................................................... 33 Benefits of the GED? Test........................................................................................................ 33 Overview of 2014 GED? Test ................................................................................................... 34 Common Core State Standards............................................................................................... 34 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 35 College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education ............................................... 35 Computer-Based Testing......................................................................................................... 35 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 36 Eligibility Requirements for the GED? Test ............................................................................. 36 Scores for the GED? Test ......................................................................................................... 36 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 36 Question Types on the 2014 GED? Test .................................................................................. 37 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 38 Content Area Tests.................................................................................................................. 38 Reasoning through Language Arts .......................................................................................... 38 Social Studies .......................................................................................................................... 38 Science .................................................................................................................................... 39 Mathematical Reasoning ........................................................................................................ 39 Knowledge and Skills Required for the 2014 GED? Test ......................................................... 39 4 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 40

Florida's Instructor Handbook for GED? Preparation

Section 5: Webb's Depth of Knowledge and Assessment Targets for the 2014 GED? Test... 41 Webb's Depth of Knowledge...................................................................................................41 Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels ........................................................................................ 42 Bloom vs. Webb.......................................................................................................................43 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 44 Assessment Targets Aligned with Common Core State Standards ......................................... 44 Common Core State Standards: Anchor Standards for Language........................................... 44 Conventions of Standard English.............................................................................................44 Knowledge of Language .......................................................................................................... 44 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use..............................................................................................45 Common Core State Standards: Anchor Standards for Reading ............................................. 45 Key Ideas and Details...............................................................................................................45 Craft and Structure .................................................................................................................. 45 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ....................................................................................... 45 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity ..................................................................... 45 Common Core State Standards: Anchor Standards for Writing .............................................. 45 Text Types and Purposes ......................................................................................................... 45 Production and Distribution of Writing...................................................................................46 Research to Build and Present Knowledge..............................................................................46 Range of Writing......................................................................................................................46 Mathematical Content Standards ........................................................................................... 46 At the high school level, the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics are ............... 46 Mathematical Content Standards ........................................................................................... 46 Mathematical Practice Standards ........................................................................................... 46 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 47 Assessment Targets for the 2014 GED? Test ........................................................................... 47 Resources ................................................................................................................................ 47

5 Writing Rubric..........................................................................................................................47

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