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Understanding and Teaching the At-Risk Adult Student
Strategies to Improve Retention and Success
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eBook - ePub
Understanding and Teaching the At-Risk Adult Student
Strategies to Improve Retention and Success
About this book
This is a guide for teachers entering or continuing in the specific realm of adult education of students who are at-risk due to their criminal backgrounds, substance abuse issues or undiagnosed learning disabilities. The book provides readers with an overview of the teaching challenges for this population of students, presents research on their unique challenges as learners, and provides teachers with evidence-based practices to enhance the success of this adult learner population.
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Topic
EducationSubtopic
Adult EducationTable of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Defining “At Risk”
- Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders
- Substance Abuse–Induced Brain Dysfunction
- Chronic Criminogenic Behaviors
- The Adult Brain
- Managing the At-Risk Adult Learner
- Classroom Environment
- Delivery of New Materials
- Explicit Teaching of Problem-Solving Skills
- The Use of Graphic Organizers and Other Nontraditional Teaching Strategies
- Group Processing and Cooperative Learning Strategies
- Index
- About the Author
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