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TABE QUICK 6 Week Crash course = ABE Math and Reading

Teach what they have to know. Most adults only want to learn what they NEED to know. I
teach in a prison environment and this is the fastest way to get un-motivated people the knowl-
edge and retention! This strategy works!

Math - Students do not want to read on Monday morning so do Math!

MW = Math focus T/TH = Reading focus

Math

I have attached a worksheet for math that should be everything they need to know for the TABE
test. You will see that it’s a huge amount of different things, however, what I found was that if
the student can, “see the whole board” then they will know what they have to work towards.
Sometimes the work can be overwhelming and they get stuck in a rut with no clear direction.
This way they can see everything they have to learn. Also, a lot of times adult students will say,
“I already know that,” then, when they see this worksheet it will show them what they don’t know
and they will listen to you more.

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Reading

Ok, here is the winner! Adult students are students who are like little sponges with one draw
back… they only really want to learn “new things.” They are craving to learn deeper information
but haven’t had the chance. They are tired of doing the same ole’ thing. So, here is what you
do. You introduce harder terms but do it in a way they understand.
Teach them a few philosophical fallacies - these are latin phrases that make anyone feel smart.
Just google and pick some that stick out to you. What this does is it gives you the chance to
say, “main idea,” but in a different way. We all know that the test is looking for key concepts of
the passage and main idea but adults will “turn off,” when they hear this because those words
and phrases send them back to when they were in middle school- it’s like watching a light bulb
go out. Here is an example of how to teach: Inference

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - The rooster crows and the sun comes up.
Therefore this, because of this…. so this is teaching them that when the rooster crows, the sun
comes up- its false reasoning. So, you have taught them several things:

A) a latin phrase (anything new is interesting and forces their brain to a new level
B) You have shown an example of inference (a tough literary term to grasp)
C) you have also taught them about false reasoning
You have literally changed the way they think about looking at a passage. On the next page I
just googled a few common phrases. This will make reading fun for adults!

Here is a list of a few common

• The list of fallacies:


◦ argumentum ad antiquitatem
◦ argumentum ad hominem
◦ argumentum ad ignorantiam
◦ argumentum ad logicam
◦ argumentum ad misericordiam
◦ argumentum ad nauseam
◦ argumentum ad numerum
◦ argumentum ad populum
◦ argumentum ad verecundiam
◦ circulus in demonstrando
◦ dicto simpliciter
◦ naturalistic fallacy
◦ nature, appeal to
◦ non sequitur
◦ petitio principii
◦ post hoc ergo propter hoc
◦ red herring
◦ slippery slope
◦ straw man
◦ tu quoque

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