Practice for Knowledge Towards GED Success...prepare for the test. Make sure to announce how GED Flash came about…from GEDTS surveys of their students, over 75% wanted more practice
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Practice for Knowledge Towards GED Success David Boswell Senior Account Manager Jan Stephens Senior Account Manager 2018 Oregon GED® Program Summit | From Moments to Momentum
2018 Oregon GED® Program Summit | From Moments to Momentum
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Great idea to begin with a skill that takes practice to achieve success. As Adriane mentioned juggling, or I thought about a computer game that involves practice to get better…you may have one pulled up and on the screen and play a couple of rounds…. These are great lead ins to WHY we need practice.
Aztec Software• Launched in 1980 as an Adult Education, computer-based education curriculum company• Single management system for ALL Adult Education instructional levels• Runs on stand alone computers, tablets, smartphones and on Internet or LAN
Anywhere, Anytime, Any Device
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Remember: Focus on being “Casually Intentional” Bullet 1: Started by Educators not Technologists, Teacher demographic is an older demographic. At trade shows and conferences people recognize the name and say that they used to use the floppy discs. Also, as technology unfolds we are continually keeping pace and ensuring that the contents and rigor are maintained as the technology changes… 8 track, cassette, DVD… We have over 100 Years in Adult Education! Bullet 2: All of our solutions are built from the ground up! Each one has its own flavor. They are all individualist and style-loaded. This is a real benefit for the instructors and administration and all of the solutions can be assigned and managed from on system. All reports can be run from one system for all students working in all of the solutions. Bullet 3: This means that whether your student is working in class, through distance-learning, or working on their own they will have access to Aztec solutions. NEXT
Learning Solutions to Fit Every Learner’s Needs:
College Ready Prep•ACT•ACCUPLACER•Compass
Foundations•TABE M•GLE 4-5.9
High School Equivalency•GED•HiSET•TASC
Bridge/Pre-HSE•TABE D•GLE 6-8.9
Separate Academic Solutions To Select
ONE Singular Management System
ONE Management System
Fundamentals• TABE E GLE 2-3.9
Objectives
• Needs of the adult learner• Why we need practice in every lesson• Deliberate Practice
• Benefits of deliberate practice• General recommendations for Practice and Instruction
• Practice Solution: GED Flash
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Let’s review our roadmap for today’s session…
Participant Activity:
Share some of your own ‘practice’ experiences.
What are your own best practices for offering practice exercises or learning opportunities for your students in preparing for the GED Test.
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Encourage the participants to share their own personal ‘practice’ experiences, i.e. a sport, a hobby, i.e. juggling, or a talent, i.e. piano, painting, etc. Give them 5-10 minutes to share aloud their own experiences. Provide 15 minutes for groupings (2-3 or as the room allows for it) to discuss & share their own practice experiences within their programs, specifically as they help their students prepare for the GED Test. Select a ‘recording secretary’ to record on a white board (if not available, use computer screen) to share summary of findings. Save this slide/listing for end of presentation.
Needs of the Adult Learner
• Individualized Instruction
• Consistent, reliable feedback
• A degree of independence and self-direction
• Consistent, sequential success experiences in learning……Nothing Teaches Like Success
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Quick review of this – focusing on bullet number 4… experiencing success is a huge factor for our adult learners – this motivates and encourages the learner to go to the next level of learning. Involve the learner in diagnosis and prescription, always use mini measures that are relatable and communicable, help students visualize progress in terms of score gains, time. Specific sub-skills or competencies, and fluency of specific skills or skill sets, seeing and feeling progress.
Deliberate Practice: What It Is and Why You Need It
To learn any new skill or gain expertise you need to practice, practice, practice. There isn’t much debate about that.
But here’s what you might not know: scientific research shows that the quality of your practice is just as important as the quantity.
And, more interestingly, these scientists also believe that expert-level performance is primarily the result of expert-level practice NOT due to innate talent.
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Bullet 1 – Researchers who have investigated expert and novice performance have uncovered important distinctions between deliberate practice and other activities such as play or repetition. Deliberate practice is not the same as rote repetition. Rote repetition – simply repeating a task – will not by itself improve performance. Deliberate practice involves focus, rehearsal and repetition – Practice is necessary for acquiring expertise. Bullet 2 – Talk here about GED Testing service and the collaboration with them to develop GED Flash Bullet 3 – Expert level practice – associate this with Ged Flash and GED testing service being the experts at GED test development and Aztec being the expert at GED preparation. Bullet 4 – Sum all of this up with number 4 – Powerful in that it give the test taker the confidence and ability to come into the testing environment ready and prepared.
Deliberate Practice
• Deliberate Practice occurs when an individual INTENTIONALLY repeats an activity in order to improve performance.
• Deliberate practice consists of activities purposely designed to improve performance
The claim of the DP framework is that such behavior is NECESSARY to achieve high levels of expert performance.
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It doesn’t matter what subject you are teaching, differences in students’ performance are affected by how much they engage in deliberate practice. Deliberate practice involves attention, rehearsal and repetition and leads to new knowledge or skills that can later be developed into more complex knowledge and skills.
Benefits of Deliberate Practice
Practice is important for teaching and learning in at least five ways:
1. Practice greatly increases the likelihood that students will permanently remember new information.
2. Practice increases student facility or automaticity (learning to apply elements of knowledge automatically, without reflection).
3. When students practice solving problems, they increase their ability to transfer practiced skills to new and more complex problems.
4. Practice helps students acquire expertise in subject matter.
5. Cognitive gains from practice often bring about motivation for more learning.
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2. Automaticity is usually only achieved through extensive rehearsal and repetition. Automaticity frees up the learners cognitive resources to handle more challenging tasks. Practice also frees our brains to process more challenging information and problems. For example when you memorize the multiplication table and can retrieve it automatically, working memory is freed to do more complicated computations. Practice can improve one’s working memory and enhance learning academic skills. 4. Practice helps to distinguish novices from experts in any given tasks or academic subject. Teachers should think of practice not as rote repetition, but as deliberate, goal-directed rehearsal paired with reflection on problem-solving processes. Teachers should always design practice activities with the goal of transferring knowledge to new and more complex problems in mind.
General Recommendations for Practice and Instruction
• Teachers should design practice tasks with students existing knowledge in mind.
• Students receive the greatest benefits from practice when they are provided with timely and descriptive feedback.
• Students should have repeated opportunities to practice a task through practicing other tasks like it.
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Research suggests that several conditions must be in place in order for practice activities to be most effective in moving students closer to skillful performance. Each of these can be met with carefully designed instruction. Because practice requires intense, focused effort, students ay not find it inherently enjoyable. Therefore, teachers MUST encourage students to practice and motivate practice by pointing out that practice has actually improved their performance. MOTIVATE STUDENTS WITH PRACTCE NEVER MAKE IT A MUNDANE TASK. When students become frustrated with unrealistic or poorly designed practice problems, they often lose motivation, will not receive the full benefits of the practice they have done, and will be less motivated to attempt future practice problems.
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
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Teachers ask everyday how do we create rich environments where all students learn at a high level? Webb’s Depth of Knowledge can help teachers meet the challenge. DOK categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them. Level 1 – Tasks at this level require recall of facts or rote application of simple procedures. Level 2 – At this level a student must make some decisions about his or her approach. Level 3 – At this level of complexity, students must use planning and evidence, and thinking is more abstract. Level 4 – Tasks require the most complex cognitive effort. Regardless of how you define rigor – the important thing is that students are thinking deeply on a daily basis. These thoughts require practice, practice, practice…
Introducing: GED FLASH™
GED students surveyed want more PRACTICEquestions to better prepare for the test.
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Make sure to announce how GED Flash came about…from GEDTS surveys of their students, over 75% wanted more practice questions to prepare for the GED Test.
Developed in partnership with GED Testing ServiceMath: Nat’l Average Pass Rate: 80%
# of students that selected Aztec material
in their study planAztec Results:
# of students that have passed GED with Aztec
study material
8,037(85% - #1 Curriculum)
6,817
RLA: National Average Pass Rate: 86%# of students that
selected Aztec material in their study plan
Aztec Results# of students that have passed GED with Aztec
study material8,534 (87% - #2 Curriculum) 7,404
Science: National Average Pass Rate: 90%# of students that
selected Aztec material in their study plan
Aztec Results# of students that have passed GED with Aztec
study material
7,624 (93% - #1 Curriculum) 7,069
Social Studies: National Average Pass Rate: 88%# of students that
selected Aztec material in their study plan
Aztec Results# of students that have passed GED with Aztec
study material
8,138 (90% - #2 Curriculum) 7,346
#1 PROVIDER OF GED PREP
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Why the partnership? Aztec has #1 GED prep in the country-GEDTS looked to us to assist with this need
Introducing: GED FLASH™
Highlights of GED Flash™:• Online interactive tool
• Functions similarly to digital flashcards
• Prepares student for each subject
• Builds confidence
• Can be assigned at any point of the journey of student’s GED preparation
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General review of GED Flash…more details to come…
GED FLASH™ FEATURES INCLUDE:
Developed in partnership with GED
Testing Service.
Thousands of practice items
reviewed & vetted by GED Testing
Service.
Questions from all four academic
subject areas, using the GED Testing
Service blueprint.
Mimics GED Test questions in style,
structure, and layout.
Instant feedback with answer
explanations.
Students receive 10 questions on each
attempt
Randomized questions allow for repeated practice.
Provides valuable data to teachers for
instruction and remediation.
Tracks students actual time-on-task
data.
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Review each dynamic feature of GED Flash-next few slides will go into more details of most of the points (some are combined)
Questions from all four academic subject areas, using the GED Testing Service blueprint
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Point out the 4 subject areas and the sub-categories they address…see next slide for the GEDTS blueprint study guides where these categories are from…
GED Testing Service Blueprint:
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Questions organized in categories from GEDTS blueprint as demonstrated in their study guides (click on the Science guide to link to GEDTS study guide page)
Point out how simple the dashboard provides all 4 subjects…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Mathematics
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Point out how simple the dashboard provides all 4 subjects…dive into Mathematics…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Sample Question
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Point out how simple the dashboard provides all 4 subjects…dive into Mathematics… Sample questions…students receive 10 questions on each attempt – mimics the GED Test
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Immediate Feedback
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Point out how simple the dashboard provides all 4 subjects…dive into Mathematics… Sample questions…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Immediate Feedback
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Point out how simple the dashboard provides all 4 subjects…dive into Mathematics… Sample questions…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Student Onscreen Reporting
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Students don’t have to wait to gain immediate feedback, not only on the practice questions presented but through: scoring, last attempted, what I know and progress…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Student Onscreen Reporting
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Students don’t have to wait to gain immediate feedback, not only on the practice questions presented but through: scoring, last attempted, what I know and progress…
GED Flash™ in Aztec Software: Student Onscreen Reporting Progress
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Students don’t have to wait to gain immediate feedback, not only on the practice questions presented but through: scoring, last attempted, what I know and progress…
