MathABILITY Training Series: All Students Can Master the Symbolic Language of Algebra

This self-paced, video based, professional development course prepares adult educators (primarily ABE/ASE/HSE instructors and support staff) to help struggling students gain fluency in the symbolic language of algebra for the GED® Test and college success.

Abstract:

Every adult education classroom harbors some students lost in a sea of symbols. Often, no matter how much they study, math, especially algebra, just doesn’t seem to stick. Whether the root is dyscalculia, another learning disability, or educational trauma, the effect is the same: a lot of seemingly fruitless struggle. Attempts to compensate through rote memorizations, tips, and shortcuts often leave students and their instructors frustrated and hopeless. There is hope! In this series of 4 sessions, you'll develop and practice simple, easily implemented strategies to revolutionize your mathematics instruction by increasing your students' symbolic fluency. 

• Session 1: The Foundations of Mathematical Fluency
• Session 2: Lexicon & Symbols, the Vocabulary of Mathematics
• Session 3: Syntax, the Grammar of Mathematics
• Session 4: The Art of Algebraic Arguments