McGraw-Hill's TABE Level A: Test of Adult Basic Education : The First Step to Lifelong Success

An invaluable guide to the pre-GED qualification test Covering the highest level tested by the Test of Adult Basic Education--readers with skill levels of grades 9-12--TABE offers comprehensive, direct instruction; test previews; and study skills material designed to be easily accessible by adult learners outside the classroom setting. Basic reading, writing, and math skills are taught by means of familiar, everyday items. Developed to help adults realize both learning and career goals, this book contains: Helpful charts and tables Practice exercises Pretests, posttests, and skills analysis charts Reading passages taken from real-life experiences And much more Copyright......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 5 TO THE READER......Page 10 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK......Page 11 Where Are You Headed?......Page 17 What Do You Already Know about Your Skills?......Page 18 What Do You Need to Succeed as a Test-Taker?......Page 19 Self-Assessment and Planning......Page 20 What Kind of a Learner Are You?......Page 22 Barriers......Page 24 Supports......Page 25 Make Time for Learning......Page 28 Create a Personal Learning Plan......Page 30 Job Hunting......Page 31 Reading Skills Assessment......Page 34 Reading Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 41 Reference Sources......Page 42 TARGET: Reading for Main Ideas and Reading for Details......Page 44 Use Reading Skills to Comprehend Graphs and Tables......Page 51 Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 2......Page 53 Looking into the Future......Page 54 Going for the Goal......Page 55 Reading for Inferences in Nutrition Labels......Page 58 LESSON 4 Getting Information......Page 61 TARGET: Understanding Words in Context......Page 62 More (or Less) about Michelle......Page 66 Review: Reading for Main Ideas, Supporting Details, Inferences, and Conclusions......Page 69 LESSON 5 A Continuing Search......Page 71 TARGET: Reading to Draw Conclusions......Page 73 Drawing Conclusions from a Chart......Page 75 The First Class......Page 79 TARGET: Reading to Recognize Literary Techniques......Page 81 Review Reading Skills......Page 85 Answer Key: Section 2, Lesson 6......Page 86 LESSON 1 Time for a Change......Page 87 Math Skills Assessment......Page 92 Math Skills Assessment Part I: Computation......Page 93 Math Skills Assessment Part II: Applied Math......Page 95 Answer Key to Math Skills Assessment Part I: Computation......Page 103 Answer Key to Math Skills Assessment Part II: Applied Math......Page 104 LESSON 2 Common Sense to Number Sense......Page 106 Getting Started......Page 107 TARGET: Estimation and Basic Operations......Page 108 It’s All in the Presentation......Page 111 TARGET: Solving Problems......Page 113 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 2......Page 117 Do You Speak Math?......Page 119 TARGET Place Value: Naming Values with Notation......Page 120 TARGET: Line Graphs......Page 126 TARGET Operations: Notation for Action......Page 130 TARGET Expressions: Notation for Solutions......Page 133 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 3......Page 136 TARGET Lines and Angles: Connect with Your World......Page 140 TARGET Practice: What Shape Are You In?......Page 145 Decimals in Your Life......Page 161 TARGET Percents: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You......Page 164 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 4......Page 154 Getting Started......Page 156 TARGET Fractions: Divide and Conquer......Page 157 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 5......Page 168 TARGET Systems of Measurement: Metric and Customary......Page 171 TARGET Formulas: Recipes and Workouts......Page 175 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 6......Page 181 Getting Started......Page 182 A Matter of Perspective......Page 183 TARGET Signed Numbers: Integers Speak of Opposites......Page 184 TARGET Integer Operations: Think Money, Lines, and Rules......Page 188 TARGET Patterns and Trends: Detective Work......Page 193 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 7......Page 199 Getting Started......Page 202 TARGET Logic at Work: The Tale of the Scale......Page 203 TARGET Algebraic Equations: Where There’s a System, There’s a Way......Page 211 TARGET Writing Equations: How to Speak of the Unknown......Page 214 TARGET Graphing Relationships: Chart and Plot......Page 217 Answer Key: Section 3, Lesson 8......Page 223 New Information......Page 229 Language Skills Assessment......Page 232 Language Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 237 Language Skills Analysis......Page 238 The Bottom Line......Page 241 Starting with Sentences......Page 242 Subjects and Verbs: Singular and Plural......Page 243 Something Else About Verbs......Page 247 There’s More?......Page 249 Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 2......Page 251 LESSON 3: The Good News and the Bad News......Page 253 Linking Verbs......Page 254 Linking Verbs and Pronouns......Page 257 Another Group of Pronouns......Page 259 Another Pronoun Problem......Page 260 Special Forms of Linking Verbs......Page 261 A New Wrinkle......Page 262 Another Kind of Agreement......Page 263 The Challenge......Page 264 Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 3......Page 265 LESSON 4: SPEAK UP!......Page 267 A More Colorful Approach......Page 268 On the Other Hand .........Page 269 The Challenge......Page 270 Trouble Ahead......Page 273 Another Way to Describe......Page 275 Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 4......Page 278 Why Do We Need Punctuation?......Page 280 End Marks......Page 281 When Should I Use a Comma?......Page 282 Use Commas Logically......Page 285 Stronger Than a Comma......Page 286 Quotation Marks......Page 287 More Punctuation: Colon, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Dash, Parentheses, Brackets......Page 290 Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 5......Page 293 LESSON 6: Constructing Sentences and Paragraphs......Page 295 Combining Ideas......Page 298 Building Paragraphs......Page 301 Move the Ideas Along......Page 304 Answer Key: Section 4, Lesson 6......Page 306 Spelling Pretest......Page 309 Answer Key: Spelling Pretest......Page 311 Spelling Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 312 Spelling Skills Analysis......Page 313 What You Have to Know......Page 314 Rules......Page 315 Exceptions......Page 316 Spelling Review......Page 320 Answer Key: Section 5......Page 321 Commonly Misspelled Words......Page 323 Reading......Page 329 Reading Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 337 READING SKILLS ANALYSIS......Page 338 Language......Page 340 Language Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 347 Language Skills Analysis......Page 348 Spelling......Page 352 Spelling Skills Assessment: Answers and Skills Analysis......Page 354 Spelling Skills Analysis......Page 355 Math Part I: Computation......Page 357 Math Part II: Application......Page 359 Answer Key and Skills Analysis: Part II, Application......Page 367 APPENDIX A Testing Strategies and Tips......Page 371 General TABE Information......Page 372 English Language Reference Books......Page 375 Information Technology......Page 376 INDEX......Page 379

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phyllis Dutwin Is The President Of Dutwin Associates, Consulting With Major Publishers In Developing Books For Adult Students.

carol J. Altreuter, M.ed. Has Had 17 Years Of Diverse Experience In Adult Education, As Well As Eight Years Of Elementary/middle-school Teaching.

kathleen A. Guglielmi, Ph.d. Is An Assistant Professor Of Adult Education At The University Of Rhode Island.

An invaluable guide to the pre-GED qualification test Covering the highest level tested by the Test of Adult Basic Education--readers with skill levels of grades 9-12-- TABE offers comprehensive, direct instruction; test previews; and study skills material designed to be easily accessible by adult learners outside the classroom setting. Basic reading, writing, and math skills are taught by means of familiar, everyday items. Developed to help adults realize both learning and career goals, this book A study guide for the Test of Adult Basic Education offers a diagnostic quiz, practice exercises, a pretest, a posttest, and instruction in basic reading, writing, and math skills