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Workshop for GED Test Preparation instructors to challenge students to increase their depth of knowledge, and think critically.
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Fun Ways to Equip Students
for Critical Thinking on the GED® Test
The Literacy Cooperative, Cleveland, OHOctober 24, 2014
Meagen Farrell
Author, consultantGED® Test prep instructor trainer
@farrellinkFacebook.com/farrell.inkFarrellink.com
Rules for the Road
• Stay with the group! Don’t get distracted by your mobile device or side conversations.
• Questions? Yes, please! Just raise your hand.
Today’s Cycle
1. Analyze a Technology-Enhanced GED® Test Item Sampler.
2. View an Instructional Activity from Teaching Adults: A 2014 GED® Test Resource Book with Examples.
3. Create Your Own Activity in Pairs or Threes.4. Rinse, Repeat.5. End with Final Questions & Discussion.
FREE Resources:http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/itemsampler
Activities From My Book (or Blog)Farrellink.com/blog
My Subject Abbreviations
Reasoning through Language
Arts (RLA)Science (Sci)
Social Studies (SS) Mathematical Reasoning (Math)
Depth of Knowledge
Measures cognitive complexity of a task.
GED® test items:• 20% level 1• 80% levels 2 & 3
Similar to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
1
•Verbatim Recall
•Paraphrasing
2
•Main point, patterns
•Identify relationships
3
•Inference & synthesis
•Prediction, elaboration
4
•Generating hypotheses
•Complex analysis
©2013 New Readers Press. Used with permission.
What areTechnology-Enhanced Test Items?
Photo Source: Flickr User Michael Surran
RLA: Drag & Drop Order of Events
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 18: Sequence1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Source: Cleveland Clothing Company
RLA: Drag & Drop Character Web
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 29: Traits Web
Source: GED Testing Service
Abraham Lincoln
executiveeloquent
trendyconfused decisive
Activity 29: Traits Web
Source: AceShowbiz.com
Abraham Lincoln
vampireaxe-
wielding
determinedstrategic friendly
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Find a Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Decide who will record & report your results.• Select a topic (Headline, Historical Event, Story).• Choose one main character (real or fictional).• Suggestions:– Underground Railroad; Conductor Harriet Tubman– Family Literacy; First Lady Barbara Bush– Great Wall of China; Emperor Qin Shi Huang– Trail of Tears; Choctaw Chief George W. Harkin– Romeo and Juliet; Friar Lawrence
In Pairs or Threes
TOPIC: CREATE A SEQUENCECHARACTER:
CREATE A TRAITS WEB1.
2.
3.
4.
CHARACTER
Report back!
Questions?
Beyond the Textbook
• Where can I find free, quality non-fiction stimulus texts and visuals as the basis for lesson plans and assignments?
Source: Moran, Percy. Battle of Lake Erie. 1911. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
10 MINUTE BREAK
SS: Drag-and-Drop Sorting
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity: T Chart
Capitalism Communism
Profit Motive Income Redistribution
Private Ownership Classless Society
Competitive Markets State Ownership of all Property
Activity 15: Defining Words in Context
Source: GED Testing Service
SS: Click Three Graphs
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity: T Chart
Sustainability Irrelevant
Activity: T Chart
Sustainability Irrelevant
World Population Growth Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances
Tropical Area Deforested U.S. Representatives
Global Oil Consumption
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Find a New Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Select one person to record & report your results.• Select a topic (Science or Social Studies Concept,
Literary Theme) for sorting.• Suggestions:
– Structure and Design of U.S. Government; Branches of Federal Government
– Borders Between People and Nations; End of USSR– Changes of Physical State; Liquid, Solid, and Gas– Molecular Basis for Heredity; Phenotypes and
Genotypes
Examples
Genotype Phenotype Sustainability Irrelevant
World Population Growth
Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances
Tropical Area Deforested
U.S. Representatives
Global Oil Consumption
In Pairs or ThreesSORT INTO T CHARTCREATE YOUR ACTIVITY
1. Identify headings2. Identify 5-6 words that
relate to the two headings3. Ask students to define the
vocabulary words in context
4. Ask students to sort words into the two columns of the T-Chart
Report back!
Questions?
Math: Click a Graph Hot-spot
Source: GED Testing Service
Activity 44: Graph a Text
Source: GED Testing Service
PARAGRAPH (X) TRANSITIONAL WORDS (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Activity 44: Graph [Anything]
Source: GED Testing Service
WEEK (X) ATTENDANCE (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Now it’s YOUR turn!
Find a NEW Partner (or Two)!Prepare for the Activity:• Select one person to record & report your results.• Select a data set to collect with students. What are
your students curious about?• Suggestions:
– Number of quotes from each character– Number of appearances of words from a vocabulary list– Attendance in class per day– Price of candy and number of days relative to
Halloween
Examples: Two Way Frequency Charts
PARAGRAPH (X) TRANSITIONAL WORDS (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
WEEK (X) ATTENDANCE (Y)
1
2
3
4
5
6
In Pairs or Threes
CREATE YOUR ACTIVITY1. Identify data to collect2. Decide x and y variables3. Ask students to organize
the data on a two-way frequency chart
4. Ask students to plot the points on a coordinate plane
Report back!
Reflection
• Which critical thinking skills are developed by these activities?
• How do you currently use graphic organizers in the classroom? How could you use them?
• What questions might students have in order to complete these activities?
Final Questions?
FREE Resources:http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/itemsampler
Thank You!• Please complete the evaluation!• This workshop was developed with the support
of The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland.
GED® is a registered trademark of the American Council on Education and may not be used without permission. The GED® and GED Testing Service® brands are administered by GED Testing Service LLC under license.
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