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Díez-Palomar, Javier – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
In this paper, dialogue among a group of adult women with basic adult education is examined. Women read books of mathematics in the context of a "dialogic mathematics gathering" (DMG). There is limited evidence in research on how adults develop their 'numerical understanding'. The objective of this study is to analyze how adults engage…
Descriptors: Females, Critical Thinking, Adult Basic Education, Numeracy
Matthew D. Gromlich – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The goal of this study was to design and implement curricula in the Adult Basic Education classroom that aligned to the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical Framework. Specifically, this study assessed if ABE students' mathematics anxiety and mathematics self-efficacy ware affected by curricula that aligns to the Critical Mathematics Pedagogical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
Evans, David R. – 1979
The games and simulations presented in this monograph represent an appropriate technology for the literacy instructor to use with adult students as a stimulus for discussion and analysis and as a motivational technique. Chapters in this monograph present reasons to use games and simulations, explanations of what games and simulations are,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Games, Educational Media
Ciancone, Thomas – 1991
This annotated bibliography profiles 27 print publications about and for adults whose mathematics skills are below the eighth-grade level. Entries describing the following materials are presented: 5 handbooks/guides (including an introduction to numeracy teaching, adult numeracy training pack, and manual for teaching place value); 2 publications…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Arithmetic
Steeds, Andrew, Ed. – 2001
Designed primarily for adult literacy teachers and tutors, this curriculum describes the content of what should be taught in numeracy programs in order to meet the individual needs of adults through the selection and teaching of skills appropriate to those adults' needs. An introduction describes national standards and qualifications, learners,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Basic Skills
Angel, Margo; Bolton, Chris – 1996
This document is intended to help Australian technical and further education instructors in New South Wales (TAFE NSW) identify teaching principles and learning activities that they can use to help adult learners master the mathematics processes, knowledge, and skills needed to perform basic measurement tasks in today's workplace. The materials…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries