Looking to engage your students with real life math scenarios? Prepare adult learners for the High School Equivalency Math exams and the trades at the same time! Learn more about free online resources using construction and manufacturing scenarios, and how to best use them.

1. Free, Cool Online Math
Tools for Contextualized
Learning

2. What to Expect
1. Introductions
2. Contextualized Curricula
3. Instructional Strategies for Online
Learning
4. Free Construction Math
5. Free Manufacturing Math
6. Top Picks for Online Learning
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4. Meagen Farrell
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5. By the way, it’s Friday, June 19

6. Tell us about
yourself!

7. What is a
contextualized
curriculum?

8. Download
The Literacy
Cooperative’s
Contextualized
Curricula

9. We’re All Teaching Online Now!
How do we keep students engaged?
For more detailed workshops on
online learning, visit
QualityMatters.org

10. Transactional Distance
(Moore 1993)
Learner-Instructor
Learner-LearnerLearner-Content

11. Translating to Online Learning
● Discussion
● Lecture
● Worksheets
● Visual check
● Discussion Forums
● Video
● Practice Sets
● Web tracking

12. Highlights of Construction Math
1. Instructional Strategies for Workforce
Readiness in the 21st Century
2. Learning Materials Included with Permission
3. Free Learning Materials
4. Model Lesson: #5 Integers
5. Guided Practice Problems

13. Suggested Instructional
Strategies

14. Model Lesson
Construction Math
Lesson 5: Integers

15. Using Guided
Practice:
Scaffolding
Levy (2007) Gradual Release of
Responsibility
Example: Construction Math,
Guided Practice 10 Integers
(Addition & Subtraction)
I do it
We do it
You do it
You do it together

16. Transactional Distance + Scaffolding
(Moore 1993, Levy 2007)
Learner-Instructor
Learner-Learner
Learner-Content
I do it
Learner-Instructor
We do it
You do it
You do it
together

17. Highlights of Manufacturing Math
1. Learning Materials Included with
Permission
2. Free Learning Materials
3. Model Lesson: #11 Data Analysis
4. Recommended Materials for Purchase
5. All the Links!

18. Model Lesson
Manufacturing Math
Lesson 11: Data Analysis

19. When to Buy?
1. Saves time for
instructors
2. Increases student
time-on-task
3. Increases learning
outcomes

20. ALL THE
LINKS!Just want the websites? They’re listed in order at the very end of the document.

21. Top Picks
for Online
Learning
Most of the resources you have
seen today are designed for use in
a face-to-face classroom setting.
What are your best
choices for 100% online
learning?

22. Construction:
● Construct Your Future
● PBS Building Big

23. Manufacturing:
● WISC -Online
● PBS Learning Media:
West Virginia STEAM

24. Math:
● Quizlet
● Khan Academy
● IXL
● NVLM

25. THANKS FOR COMING!
Don’t forget to download
The Literacy Cooperative’s
Contextualized Curricula