Teaching Activities/Class Projects

Focus on Basics

• Using Part-Whole Thinking in Math
  Dorothea Steinke
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• Changing Practice, Expanding Minds
  Kate Nonesuch
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• Numeracy at the Downtown Learning Center
  Avril DeJesus
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• The Importance of Algebra for Everyone
  Tricia Donovan
  (FOB, Volume 9, Issue A, May, 2008)
• The Evolution of an Adult Literacy Teacher
  Margaret (Marn) Frank
  (FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007)
• Incorporating Multi-sensory Activities
  Sheryl Sherwin
  (FOB, Volume 8, Issue D, November, 2007)
• Navigating Healthcare
  Jennie E. Anderson & Rima Rudd (FOB, Volume 8, Issue C, December, 2006)
• Interactive Classroom Activities
  Donna Moss (FOB, Volume 8, Issue A, November 2005)
• Writing at the House: Bunker Hill Community College’s Offender Re-entry Program at the Suffolk County House of Correction
  Bob Flynn (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005)
• The Community High School of Vermont: An Uncommon High School in An Uncommon Setting
  Tom Woods (FOB, Volume 7, Issue D, August 2005)
• Teaching for Communicative Competence: Interaction in the ESOL Classroom
  Donna Moss (Volume 7, Issue C, March 2005)
• Implementation Isn't Easy
  Janet Geary (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• Sudan to South Dakota: Helping Youth Make the Transition
  Lara Ann Frey & Yvonne Lerew (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• Separate Yet Happy
  Barbara Garner (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• Collaborating with Students to Build Curriculum that Incorporates Real-Life Materials
  Charissa Ahlstrom (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
• One Classroom, Two Languages: Adult Bilingual Curriculum Development
  Kay Taggart & Sara Martinez (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
• Teaching Materials: Helping Students Consider the Implications of Education...Beyond the GED(
  FOP, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2003)
• ESOL Teachers: Helpers in Health Care
  Kate Singleton (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002)
• The Elizabeth West Project: A Health Professional Joins a Literacy Program in Downeast Maine
  Beth Russett (FOB, Volume 5, Issue C, February 2002)
• A Mingling of Minds
  Carol Eades (FOB, Volume 5, Issue B, October 2001)
• Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults
  Ashley Hager (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Using a Multisensory Approach to Help Struggling Adult Learners
  Gladys Geertz (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults
  Judith A. Alamprese (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory
  Anne Murr (FOB, Volume 5, Issue A, August, 2001)
• Taking Literacy Skills Home
  Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener, Erik Jacobson, & Marta Soler (FOB, Volume 4, Issue D, April 2001)
• Making Sense of Critical Pedagogy in Adult Literacy Education
  Sophie C. Degener (2001) (Annual Review, Vol. II: Chapter Two)
• Building a Web Site in an ABE Class
  Maura Donnelly (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000)
• Technology-Based Projects and Resources for Adult Basic Education
  Janet C. Smith (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000)
• Seeing is Believing
  Charles Brover, Denise Deagan, and Solange Farina (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
• Beginning Math for Beginning Readers
  Linda Huntington (FOB, Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
• Helping Adults Persist: Four Supports
  John Comings, Andrea Parrella & Lisa Soricone (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• Supports and Hindrances: A Force-Field Analysis
  Andrea Parrella (FOB, Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000)
• MI, the GED, and Me
  Martha Jean (FOB, Volume 3, Issue A, March 1999)
• Guiding Improvement: Pennsylvania's Odyssey
  Cheryl Keenan (FOB, Volume 3, Issue B, June 1999)
• Articulating Learning with EFF Standards
  Jane J. Meyer (FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999)
• Confessions of a Reluctant Standard-Bearer
  Jim Carabell (FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999)
• Teaching to the Math Standards with Adult Learners
  Esther D. Leonelli (FOB, Volume 3, Issue C, September 1999)
• Seven Easy Pieces
  Shirley Bond (FOB, Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999)
• Project-Based Learning and the GED
  Anson M. Green (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• Changing Approaches to Math
  Cynthia J. Zengler (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• Less Teaching and More Learning
  Susan Gaer (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
  Deborah L. Johnson (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• Applying Research on the Last Frontier
  Karen Backlund with Kathy Bond (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997)
• Finding Out for Myself
  Eileen Barry (FOB, Volume 1, Issue A, February 1997)
• Rediscovering Themselves: Learning to Read for Survival
  Melissa Nieves (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
• Reversing Reading Failure in Young Adults
  Mary E. Curtis and Ann Marie Longo (FOB, Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)
• Building Community and Skills Through Multilevel Classes
  Judy Hofer and Pat Larson (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)
• Technology Melts Classroom Walls
  Susan K. Cowles (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)
• A Foundation for Learning Math
  Jan Phillips (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)
• When the 'Multi' is Generational and Cultural
  Eileen Barry (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)
• Multilevel Literacy Planning and Practice
  Cathy Shank and Lynda Terrill (FOB, Volume 1, Issue C, September 1997)

NCSALL Teaching and Training Materials

• Understanding What Reading Is All About
  Hager, A., Garner, B., Smith, C., Bingham, M., Balliro, L., Mullins, L., Guidry, L., McShane, S., (2005) (Teaching and Training Materials)
• Research-based Adult Reading Instruction
  (2005) (NCSALL Study Circle Guide)
• Teaching Learners What Reading Is All About
  (2005) (NCSALL Seminar Guide)
• Adult Multiple Intelligences
  Parrella, A., Hofer, J. with Bubp, S., Finn-Miller, S., Graves, N., and Meador, P. (January 2004) (Study Circle Guide)
• Adult Multiple Intelligences
  Hofer, J. (January 2004) (Mentor Teacher Group Guide)