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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks so much, Susan and Johan
for providing resources for math for adults who must meet math requirements
before they can move on to job training or vocational education. I had
forgotten about the EMPower series and will check out the Visual Math that
Susan mentioned. I was intrigued by the Symphony Learning Math software
program and was wondering if anyone had used it with adults and what their insights
were<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here’s the resource for
math for health care that John Chadwick of Renton College WA mentioned. It’s
Math Basics for Healthcare Professionals <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan
Kidd<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 18, 2008 12:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List; The
Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ProfessionalDevelopment 2363] Re: from math for social justice
to mathfor carpentry and nursing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>I
know of a few resources that might be useful:</span><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>The
EMPower series of math texts includes on title specifically on algebraic
thinking: Seeking Patterns, Building Rules. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Myrna
Manley also addresses it in The GED Math Problem Solver.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Both
of these books were specifically designed for adult learners. Another source of
accessible materials that were developed for K-12, but rely upon useful visual
models to help build comprehension of mathematical priciples are the Visual
Math resources from the Math Learning Center at Portland State University.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>Susan</span></em><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>SUSAN KIDD</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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color:blue'>ABE Professional Development Coordinator</span></em><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> professionaldevelopment-bounces@nifl.gov on
behalf of Wrigley, Heide<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed 7/16/2008 5:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ProfessionalDevelopment 2328] from math for social justice to
mathfor carpentry and nursing</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Wow - Susan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>What great resources - I had no idea! Thanks so
much <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>I have a further question (and apologize for high jacking
this particular thread) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='color:#4F81BD'>Do you (or anyone) have
resources for making algebra and geometry accessible to students who didn't
take to math in regular school but now need math as a prerequisite to get into
training for the jobs they would really like to have (carpentry - both algebra
and geometry are required; nursing (algebra and chemistry math)</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Adult students ready to transition to occupational
training often flunk out of these classes because they are taught fairly
disconnected from what students are good at (experiential stuff). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>I know some college instructors who would love to make
math concepts come alive for their non-traditional students but don't know
where to go for resources. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Any ideas? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks so much <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Heide<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>Heide Spruck Wrigley <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Senior Researcher <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Literacywork International <o:p></o:p></p>
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