Tuesday, July 22: Concurrent Session 3
C3-1: GED as Project-Language Arts Writing, John Reier & Marcia Phillips
This session will introduce one of the two new GED as Project content areas. Participants will learn the background of the new Writing test and experience the process as it works with writing, one of the most challenging areas for their students. 		C3-2: GED as Project-Math, Myrna Manly
Participants will survey the foundation and the structure of the mathematics domain of GED as Project. The facilitative process and the group learning experience will be modeled using a new Inquiry Activity designed for this audience. 		C3-3: GED as Project-Reading, Susan Holt
There are seven reading categories represented on the GED Reading Test. Can your students use the appropriate reading strategies to comprehend them? Can your studnets determine the type of questions that are asked about these passages? Learn about the new GED as Project - Reading module that can help your students read more effectively and problem-solve their way through the GED test questions, through project-based inquiry activities.
C3-4: How to Develop Inquiry Activities for Project-Based Learning, Ed Vitale
This workshop will explore the five-step GED as Project template as a vehicle to teach any content in a project-based way. Focusing on the process that underlies learning, workshop participants will learn how to ask the appropriate questions at each step of the Template to guide learners to discover content information for themselves and to give them the tools to learn how to learn. 		C3-5: Implementing Facilitative Learning in your Program, Barbara Gibson and Panel
Managers and specialists from three adult education programs will describe what their programs have done to implement facilitated learning from planning through the first phases of implementation. Participants will begin to develop their own implementation plans with the help of the presenters. 		C3-6: Introduction to the Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit, Kate Singleton
This workshop will present Virginia's new resource for developing health literacy instruction in adult education programs. Participants will use the Toolkit to better understand health literacy, adult learners' health literacy needs, and health curriculum development. Resources for teaching about health will be presented, along with information on Virginia affordable healthcare providers.
C3-7: Nielsen Ratings and the NRS, Anita Prince
What do "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," "Survivor," "CSI," "American Idol" and the "West Wing" have in common, besides the fact that they have all recently enjoyed television popularity? Now is your chance to really uncover the truth about "program" ratings. Curious? Then this workshop is for you. Participants will: explore the "art" of asking good questions for different purposes, practice formulating well-designed questions for analyzing and interpreting information, and examine the relationship between good research questions and marketing results. 		C3-8: Observing Teachers to Give Guidance and Feedback, Susan McShane & Beth Bingman
Learn about a one-year Adult Learning Resource Center project that has developed a process and tools to help instructional specialists and program coordinators observe adult education and literacy teachers in the classroom. The tools were tested and adapted by local programs in a pilot study. You will become familiar with the tools, examine case studies from the pilot sites, practice documenting observations and exchanging feedback with teachers, and discuss ways you can incorporate classroom observation in your setting. 		C3-9: Supporting Students' Problem-Solving, Jennifer Cromley
How can we help students better answer questions?--on the GED, in our classes, workplaces, and communities. What do students need in terms of knowledge, strategies, practice, and feedback to become better problem solvers? How can we help students use the problem-solving they learn in our classes and apply it elsewhere? This workshop is both practical and research-based, and, like all of Jennifer's presentations, includes cartoons!
C3-10: ABE Writing-Facilitative Writing in the Adult Basic Education Classroom, Bobbi Eller & Tonya Miller
This writing workshop will use facilitative skills to encourage participants to utilize higher order thinking skills with Adult Basic Education Inquiry Activities. Presenters will share knowledge as participants in the GED as Project Reading and Writing pilot program. Workshop participants will leave with practical activities to use in writing across the five basic academic content areas. 		C3-11: ABE Math: The 3 E's of Mathematics, Clysta Walters
Come learn the 3 E's of Mathematics and how they can increase your students' math skills. We will explore some basic concepts that all math students need to know to be competent problem solvers. 		C3-12: ABE Reading Diagnostic Assessment: Targeting Instruction of Adult Poor Readers, Rosalind Davidson and Kelly Bruce
Researchers from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy will conduct a hands-on workshop utilizing an interactive website for diagnosing the instructional needs of adult poor readers. Emphasis will be on the needs of learners with silent reading grade levels of 3 - 8.

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