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Printable learner attitude questions for reading and maths for adult literacy and numeracy learners

Oct 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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There are some great resources in the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. Unfortunately, many of them are simply buried. Here’s my variations on a couple of things that I think are really useful: Learner attitude survey questions for Maths and Reading. Just click the links below to open them as printable PDFs. The images below…
How do you get started mapping literacy and numeracy demands with the Learning Progressions (and for Assessment 3 of the NCALNE (Voc)?

Oct 21, 2014

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Ok… so you’ve enrolled in the NCALNE (Voc) training to upskill yourself around literacy and numeracy. Or perhaps someone has twisted your arm and now you’re up to your neck in this stuff. If you’re lucky you’ve been to one of the ALEC workshops and been introduced to the Learning Progressions and had a chance…
Assessment 6 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Measuring Learner LN Progress: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme

Sep 18, 2014

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This one’s a bit shorter. Here’s my run down on Assessment 6 for the NCALNE (Voc) to do with measuring and assessing learner literacy and numeracy progress… if you need it. Let me know in the comments if anything is not clear. Like the other podcasts relating to the NCALNE (Voc), this one also aligns…
Revisiting Literacy and Numeracy Focused Individual Learning Plans (ILPs): Part 1 – Tweaking the Format

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve been revising my ideas for individual learning plans (ILPs) based on several things: The work I’ve done recently on the online version of our NCALNE (Voc) in Pathways Awarua which updates older templates that I had created; and The need to more closely align learning plans with the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy; plus Some…
Guidelines for choosing reading texts at step 4 and above for embedded literacy projects at NCEA Level 1

Aug 7, 2014

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These guidelines relate to my ideas on developing a generic template for embedded literacy project work to develop independent learning skills in more advanced literacy learners. My rough ideas are here and I revised the structure here. Outlined below are guidelines for tutors or others who might be involved in selecting texts for this kind…
How much money has the TEC invested in the literacy and numeracy infrastructure…?

Jun 9, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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It’s a lot of money… I just changed my original title as I don’t have a good reference for the exact amount. Let’s just say it might have 9 figures. That’s how invested the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is in the infrastructure that we now have for literacy and numeracy in New Zealand. That infrastructure…
How do I map the literacy and numeracy demands of my training or education programme? Part 1

May 23, 2013

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The shortened version of the answer is here: After watching that you’re going to need some ways of recording your mapping. The easiest way is to have some blank progressions templates, do the mapping visually (e.g. shade in the relevant steps in the grid), then write up your analysis. Here’s what our template for this…
Where do I find all the Strand Charts for the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy?

May 22, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Unfortunately, the digital versions of all of the Strand Charts for the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy that we use in New Zealand are a little difficult to find. The full versions for all Strands and guides are here, but you have to click through to the Downloadable Documents…
How to map literacy and numeracy demands using the learning progressions – NCALNE (Voc) Task 3

Apr 22, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here are the next couple of video segments… These relate to Task 3 of the NCALNE (Voc). I feel like I’m slowly getting faster at this, but it’s a long process. Let me know what you think in the comments below.