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This page offers a selection of good sites to visit for information about adult numeracy. To find more recommendations, search or browse Teaching Issues/Strategies : Special Contexts : Adult Education in the Math Forum's Internet Mathematics Library. Adult Numeracy Network (ANN) A community dedicated to high-quality mathematics instruction at the adult level. ANN conducts pre-conferences at the annual NCTM national meetings; publishes the Math Practitioner Newsletter and sponsors the Numeracy List, an adult electronic forum, and obtains funding to enable adult ed math teachers, learners, and other stakeholders to participate in a national planning project for system reform. List of Internet resources for adult numeracy. (Formerly the Adult Numeracy Practitioners Network.) Adults Learning Mathematics (ALM) An international research forum bringing together researchers and practitioners in adult mathematics/numeracy teaching and learning in order to promote the learning of mathematics by adults. GED Math Instruction: Meeting the Challenge An article with suggestions for GED math instruction. GED Math Instruction A recommendation that calculator use be integrated into GED mathematics instruction. GED Math Tests: What does it Take? An article on adult numeracy: ways to teach math that focus on problem-solving skills rather than on the rote strategies of computation. General Educational Development (GED) A guided portal to the world of the GED test. Includes links to the official GED site, free and commercial preparation sites, practice tests, software, courses, and articles. From About.com's Adult/Continuing Education section. numeracy A mailing list for those interested in the discussion of educational issues around adult mathematical literacy (ABE/GED/ESL, workplace, and literacy teachers, tutors, and adult learners), maintained by the Adult Numeracy Network (ANN). The Math Forum hosts an archive from which one can post to the discussions and view or search archived messages. For more, search or browse Adult Education in the Math Forum's Internet Mathematics Library.

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