WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 3

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WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 4

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WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 5

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Unpacking the Standards

This video clip shows Kentucky adult education instructors working together to explore the language of common core standards. They learn how to locate the specific skills that a standard requires a student to use.

Angles - Acute, Obtuse, Straight, and Right

Angles are measured in degrees. These measures are used to classify angles as acute, obtuse, straight, or right.

Angles - Complementary and Supplementary

Understanding complementary and supplementary angles will help you solve for an unknown angle measurement.

Angles - Naming

There are three ways to name an angle.

Angles - Parallel Lines Crossed by a Transversal

Although parallel lines never meet or cross, they can be intersected by one or more lines called transversals.

Angles - Right and Obtuse

Angles are measured in degrees. These measures are then used to classify angles as acute, obtuse, straight, or right.

Angles - Vertical and Congruent

Vertical angles lie diagonally opposite one another at an intersection. Vertical angles are equal in measure.

Applying for Jobs

Understanding and using application forms and processes.

Aligning Resources to Standards

This video clip shows Kentucky adult education instructors working together to align resources to common core standards. They learn how to identify the most effective resources for standards-based instruction.

Chemistry

Defines an element, illustrates some chemical reactions, and explores practical applications of chemistry in everyday life—from cooking to making art.

Civics and Government

Explores the foundations and structure of American government and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors

Strategies for conflict resolution.

Communicating with Customers

How to develop excellent customer-service skills.

Converting English Units of Measurement

In many situations you encounter in daily life, you need to convert (change) a measurement from one unit to another.

The Coordinate Plane

The coordinate plane is a flat surface that is divided by two number lines into four quadrants.

Counting and Measuring

Numbers are used to count and to measure. We use numbers to talk about time, distance, size, and weight.

Data Analysis

Defines mean, median, and mode and shows how to organize data on charts and graphs and analyze statistical trends.

Decimals

Reviews how to read decimal numbers, calculate with them, and solve everyday problems involving decimals.

Differentiation in the ABE Classroom: Closure

Adult education instructors Pat Marshall and Elizabeth Dinkins use closure techniques to review the day’s lesson.

Differentiation in the ABE Classroom: Differentiation of Activities

Adult education instructors Pat Marshall and Elizabeth Dinkins give learners several activities to illustrate the concepts in the day’s lesson.

Differentiation in the ABE Classroom: Pre-Teaching

Adult education instructors Pat Marshall and Elizabeth Dinkins use several pre-teaching techniques for a lesson on fractions and ratios.

Differentiation in the ABE Classroom: Teaching

Adult education instructors Pat Marshall and Elizabeth Dinkins use real-life examples to demonstrate ratios.

Drama

Explores the elements of drama through a play written by an adult learner and goes behind the scenes to see how the written word is translated to the stage.

Earth and Space Science

Topics in geology, astronomy, and meteorology, including earthquakes, how the Earth was formed, natural cycles, and the basics of weather and energy.

Economics

Business people and economics teachers explain the basics of money, finance, markets, and commerce.

Effective Sentences

How to write complete and correct sentences and how to fix or improve problem sentences.

Elements of Style in Poe

A teacher uses Edgar Allen Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart” to explain elements of style.

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English and Metric Measurement

Both English and metric measurement systems are used to measure length, weight, and volume (how much something holds).

Equivalencies and Benchmarks

Knowing basic equivalencies and benchmarks will help you with measurement.

Fiction

Explores elements of fiction in short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O'Connor, and James Baldwin and the contemporary novel Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, who reads an excerpt from the book.

Finding Area

Area is measured in square units. Multiply the length times the width to get the square units.

Finding the Area of Irregular Figures

Area is measured in square units. Partition irregular figures into regular shapes first to find area.

Finding Volume

Volume is the measure of how much space there is within a three-dimensional object.

Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts

The role and importance of accuracy; locating specifics.

Following Directions

The role and importance of following directions on the job.

Formulas: Area of a Rectangle

Area is measured in square units. Multiply the length times the width to get the square units.

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Formulas: Area of a Circle

This video explains the formula for finding the area of a circle.

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Formulas: Circumference

This video explains the formula for circumference.

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Formulas: Volume

Volume is measured in cubic units. Use the formula V = lwh to calculate volume.

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Formulas

Shows how people use formulas in some practical situations and reviews commonly used formulas.

Fractions

What fractions represent, how to judge the relative sizes of different fractions, calculating with them, and solving everyday fraction problems.

Fractions, Decimals and Percents

Workplace uses of ratio, rate, and proportion.

GED Connection: Number Sense

Explores the language of math and how you can use logic and common sense to make number problems more manageable.

GED Connection: Orientation

An overview of the GED test and how this series and its accompanying workbooks and online lessons can help adults prepare.

The GED Essay

GED graduates describe test day and provide tips on writing the GED essay.

GED Formulas: Isolating the Variable

To solve for a “missing” dimension, you need to use an algebraic strategy known as isolating the variable.