GED 2014
“We are doing the
GED in 2014,
but for 2015” . . . .
HiSET
TASC
TI-30XS MultiView Calculator
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Let’s Take a Look at the Item Sampler!
Computerized Testing
Older test takers (40 +) are passing the
GED 2002 on computer at similar rates to
younger test takers
They are also finishing the essay with
time to spare
Still No Data on Primate Pass Rates
Why I Stopped Worrying, and
Learned to Love GED 2014 . . .
Do I Look
Worried?
We Survived GED 2002!
What Percent of GED Test Takers Want to
Attend Postsecondary Education?
60%
43% Enroll
28% Enroll Year 2
12% Earn a Credential
Source: Crossing the Bridge, GED Testing Service
GreatInThings
Great Things
Motionin
Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tOe-Xi-wU
Postsecondary education is
not a nice thing for the few
but a necessity for the many!
Remember Norm!
College and Career Ready
High School Equivalency
GED Testing
Estimates a Similar
Pass Rate Here as
For the 2002 Test
Remember Webb’s DOK 2!
Problem Solving In Your Classroom
What opportunities
do your students
currently have to
grapple with nonroutine complex
tasks and to…
…. reflect on their
thinking and
consolidate new
mathematical ideas
and problem solving
solutions?
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Teach Problem Solving Strategies!
Polya’s Four Steps to Problem Solving
Understand
the problem
Look back
(reflect)
Devise a
plan
Carry out
the plan
Polya, George. How To Solve It, 2nd ed. (1957). Princeton
University Press.
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Using the Polya Method, Solve This
Problem
Two painters can paint 2 rooms in 2 hours.
If 12 rooms have to be painted in 6
hours, how many painters do you
need?
One Way to Figure the Answer:
Rooms
2
12
Work Hours
4
24
Painters = P
6 Hours * P = 24 Work Hours
6P = 24
P=4
At Your Table, Teach a Method for
Solving This “Messy Problem”
Tavares bought 2 things on sale.
One item was 10% off and the other
item was 20% off.
He says he saved 15% altogether.
Could Tavares be right? Explain
Could Tavares be wrong? Explain
Watch for Professional Development
Opportunities For 2013-14!
Google: NC
Basic Skills Training Calendar
Coming to a
Campus Near
You!
Communicate High Expectations!
High achievement always
occurs in the framework of
high expectation.”
- Charles Kettering
“
Resources
Google: PD KET GED 2014
http://pd.ket.org/course/view.php?id=5
Now It’s Your Turn!
Are You Ready for GED 2014?
Jigsaw Learning
1. Form “Home” Table Groups of 5 People
2. Each Person Will Get a Number and Receive
Part of the Algebraic Thinking Article
3.Based on Your Numbers, Form “Expert” Table
Groups of 4 to 5 People and Decide How to
Best Present the Information In Your Section
4. You Will Then Return to Your Home Group
and Present Your Section