The General Educational Development (GED®) program serves as a crucial pathway for individuals who did not complete traditional high school to earn an equivalent credential. GED Day offers training in key subject areas, including Math, Writing, Science, and Social Studies.
A - Social Studies Spectacular!
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AMPresenter: Presenter: Steven Schmidt, Consultant & LINCS Moderator, Schmidt ConsultingAudience: ABE and GED® Social Studies Teachers, GED Registrars, Directors and Program Facilitators
B - GED Manager & GEDPrep Connect: A Closer Look
C - Will This Be on the Test?
D - Preparing Students for the GED RLA Extended Response
Are you looking for ways to spice up your social studies instruction? Are you tired of not having answers for tackling difficult-to-read primary source documents? Do your students draw blanks when faced with maps, charts, graphs, and tables? Fear not! In this interactive session, you will find ways to help your students succeed on the GED® Social Studies test.
Explore the benefits of GEDPrep Connect and demonstrate how GED Manager can be used to effectively recruit new students. We will also explain how to create individualized study guides tailored to students' needs and identify a more efficient method for purchasing practice tests, eliminating the need for voucher codes.
You will be introduced to Test Talks, an instructional routine for building student confidence, understanding, flexibility, and familiarity with standardized test questions. You will experience Test Talks as a learner with various multiple-choice test-style questions on various topics. In addition, you will get access to a resource containing a bank of test questions to use with Test Talks.
We will address common myths and clarify the facts about the Extended Response, identify the essential elements of an effective response, and review valuable resources to support both instruction and student success.