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How to map the numeracy demands of your course, context or a particular calculation

Aug 18, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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This is a guest post by our numeracy expert, Janet Hogan. Thanks Janet…! Making Sense of Number to Solve Problems strand There are six progressions in this strand. The first three are about how to do things (strategies) and the second three about what you need to know to do those things (knowledge). You only…
How To Join Pathways Awarua As A New Tertiary Educator

May 12, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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Need to join Pathways Awarua so you can access the NCALNE professional development and training? This process is now streamlined. These instructions are current as of May 2016.Think of this as part one of a two-part process for enrolling. Please read these next bullet points: Part 1 below will register you on the Pathways Awarua…
50 Things You Can Do To Embed Vocabulary Into Training

Apr 27, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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There are lots of ways to teach and learn new and unfamiliar words. Here’s a list of 50. None of these are new or any kind of rocket science. All 50 are ways of explicitly teaching vocabulary. It’s also possible to learn vocabulary through exposure to new vocabulary incidentally. But that’s another thing altogether. For…
How To Develop Great Teaching Materials In 5 Steps

Aug 25, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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It’s no secret that I love the process of developing new resources. That’s something that hasn’t changed over quite a few years of teaching and training. My process for materials development has changed quite a lot of the last few years though. I have 5 rules for myself for this process. Well, they’re more like guidelines.…
7 Things You Need To Do To Totally Dominate Literacy and Numeracy

Aug 13, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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The other day I listed a bunch of reasons why you need to punch literacy and numeracy in the face. Today I want to tell you how to be the Ronda Rousey of adult literacy and numeracy education. Some of this you can do on your own. Mostly, though you need to do this as an…
How to embed literacy and numeracy in 8 steps

Mar 11, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is the latest version of what I think of as the Embedding Literacy and Numeracy Pipeline. This is how you get those literacy and numeracy skills embedded into other content areas. Use a broad brush tool like the TEC literacy and numeracy assessment tool to assess your learners’ overall literacy and numeracy achievement levels. Make sure you…
How to learn anything part 2: What you need is an operating system for learning…

Nov 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I started my riff on How to Learn Anything in another post which you can read here. Basically, what I’m suggesting is that you don’t need to be smart to learn new stuff. What you need is a combination of grit plus a toolbox of tools to help you learn. A reliable system, in other words,…
How to learn anything: Part 1

Nov 7, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Let’s face it. Learning stuff can be hard. It’s not easy to go through a new learning curve for new content that you need for work, study, or even just for a hobby. However, what if it was possible for you to learn anything? Find an expert right? Get a teacher or a tutor? Join…
Group Observation Checklist for Listening & Speaking

Nov 1, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This post carries on my collection of a few different diagnostic assessment tools for use with learners with literacy and numeracy issues. So far I’ve looked at: A basic, but fairly broad numeracy diagnostic assessment. Creating your own contextualised vocabulary diagnostics including developing a word bank to help you do this. A learner observation checklist for…
How to get started embedding vocabulary into your training by creating a word bank

Oct 30, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Vocabulary rocks…! If you’re going to focus on just one thing when it comes to embedding literacy into your trades or vocational training it has to be vocabulary. Vocabulary runs through all of the literacy progressions and it’s probably the best bang for your buck in terms of time spent embedding anything on the literacy side of…