ABE 054 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Integrated 5 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Course Content
1. Washington State Adult Learning Standards – ABE/GED
>To convey ideas in writing
a. Determine the purpose for communicating.
b. Organize and present information to serve the purpose.
c. Pay attention to conventions of English language usage, including grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, to minimize barriers to reader’s comprehension.
d. Seek feedback and revise to enhance the effectiveness of the communication.
>To read with understanding
a. Determine the reading purpose.
b. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose.
c. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies.
d. Analyze the information and reflect on its underlying meaning.
e. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose.
>To use math to problem solve
a. Understand, interpret, and work with pictures, numbers, and symbolic information.
b. Apply knowledge of mathematical concepts and procedures to figure out how to answer a question, solve a problem, make a prediction, or carry out a task that as a mathematical dimension.
c. Define and select data to be used in solving the problem.
d. Determine the degree of precision required by the situation.
e. Solve problems using appropriate quantitative procedures and verify that the results are reasonable.
f. Communicate results using a variety of mathematical representations, including graphs, charts, tables, and algebraic models.
2. Goal Setting
Student Outcomes
W5.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing. W5.2 Select from and use a good store of tools and strategies for overall planning and organization; outline, restate, summarize and categorize ideas and produce a legible and comprehensible draft. W5.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary including abstract nouns and idioms, and a variety of sentence structures, in medium-length, coherently-linked, and detailed text with appropriate tone, language, and level of formality and in modes of organization suitable for a variety of audiences. W5.4 Use a variety of strategies to analyze and make simple revisions (such as for clarity, organization, and descriptiveness) and to solve a few more global problems posed by the writing text (such as changes in voice or tone to take into account the needs of the audience or re-sequencing of larger pieces of text based on feedback from others). W5.5 Undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides. 2. Reading R5.1 Recognize and interpret abbreviations and specialized vocabulary. R5.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary and with paragraph structure and document organization. R5.3 Locate important information, read identified sections for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies. R5.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies. R5.5 Evaluate prior knowledge against new information in texts to enhance understanding of the information. R5.6 Organize and analyze information and reflect upon its meaning using a range of strategies such as classification, categorization, and comparison/contrast. 3. Mathematics M5.1 Read, write, and interpret a wide variety of mathematical information such as Numbers and number sense: money/expenses/prices, percentages, decimals and fractions. Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and formulas (such as a=pr2). Space/Shape/Measurement: units of measurement including fractional units, geometrical shapes including shapes containing a combination of common shapes, and concept of volume. Data/Statistics: ways to interpret, represent and draw implications from data (graphs, tables, and simple forms of statistical analysis). M5.2 Recall and use multi-step mathematical procedures (such as keeping accounts) that involve whole numbers as well as fractions, decimals, and/or percents, and measure volume using tools with different calibrations. M5.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution. M5.4 Define, select, organize, and integrate mathematical information of different types in carrying out procedures, describing patterns, and/or measuring with appropriate tools to solve the problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable. M5.5 Create appropriate visual or graphic representations such as charts, tables, graphs, etc. and clearly communicate the solution process and results orally or in writing to a variety of audiences. 4. Goal Setting G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
Degree Outcomes
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods. Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action.
Lecture Contact Hours 10-150
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10-150
Potential Methods
A. Written exercises/assignments
B. Objective tests
C. Multiple choice tests
D. Small group activities/discussions
E. Instructor observation
F. Self-assessment
G. Written tests
H. Teacher/Student interview
I. CASAS reading and math pretest
J. CASAS reading and math posttest
K. Washington State and GED rubrics
L. Performance tasks
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