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learning centre — a
well-stocked and well-staffed learning centre with resources for independent
study, group study, tutoring, and seminars offers the greatest flexibility for
meeting individual needs. |
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tutoring — peer and volunteer
tutoring provide extra support for learners to keep up with the subject matter
and to have extra time to practice skills. |
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adult basic skills educator as a
resource for subject teacher — the adult educator can offer teacher
training to the subject teacher, be a note-taker in the class, provide
study-skills and test-taking support, tutor individuals or small groups, give
special seminars on writing or reading. |
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special workshops — topic or
skills sessions can offer specialized content or skills practice to learners
who want and need this intensive work. |
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small group activities — have
mixed levels on tasks that can be handled by participants at their own levels.
If they can all read the material their oral and written responses can be at
different levels. Learners with higher-level skills can model different
responses as well as offer assistance. It might be helpful to give them a brief
lesson on how to model and how to assist without doing the task for the other
person. Separate the levels for work on specific subject matter by skills that
are appropriate to that material. |
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individual work — prepare
work sheets for individual work or help each person prepare an education plan
that uses the available resources for a limited period of time. Set aside
individual work time in every session or every second session. This allows
people to pace themselves and pursue what interests them, and gives you time to
work with individual learners. |
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conferences — set up peer
conferences for oral presentations or for writing. To help make the conferences
effective offer the more skilled people training in evaluating and giving
feedback. Schedule your own time with learners to give them assistance, to
review education plans, and to assess progress. |
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tracking progress — help
learners keep abreast of how they are doing. Portfolios, journal entries about
lessons and progress, and planners are common methods. |
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topic files — make review and
evaluation accessible for group or individual work. |
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