Teacher Resources

What is a TIAN Bundle?

The TIAN Bundles are resources for ABE math teachers in states that have participated in the "Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy" pilot or field tests (Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Rhode Island). In some TIAN states, regional teacher groups will meet regularly in 2007/2008. Each bundle is designed to offer content for those meetings, so that teachers will continue to explore math together with their peers, have examples of activities that can be used with students, and read and reflect on research on numeracy instruction.

How can these bundles be used?

Each of the five bundles is designed to provide content for one or two 2-hour meetings. There are several resources to choose from, but it's important that some math is done together and ample time is built in for debriefing and learning from each other's experiences.

What is included in each bundle?

Each TIAN bundle has 3 sections:

• A Math Topic which includes an Introduction giving an overview of the focused math topic; a set of Activities for teachers to explore, learn, discuss together, and possibly adapt for classroom use; Connections to State Standards; Classroom Resources for continuing to explore the topic with students; Articles & References for furthering participants’ own understanding of the math topic, including research and strategies for teaching.

• Key Learning/Teaching Issues which includes a Problem Statement describing a key issue in teaching and learning numeracy in adult education classrooms; a set of Questions to guide discussion about the issue.

• A Facilitator’s Guide which includes suggestions for organizing and facilitating a regional meeting group with the Bundle materials.

The Math Topic in the first TIAN bundle is “Number Sense: Flexibility & Fluency”, and the Key Learning/Teaching Issue is “Are We Really Teaching Numeracy?” Click on the bundle below to go to the downloadable PDFs for each bundle as it becomes available.

Share your experiences and ideas with other teachers via the TIAN Talk listerv by sending an email to tian-talk@cls.coe.utk.edu

Adult Numeracy Network

The Adult Numeracy Network (ANN), formerly the Adult Numeracy Practitioners Network, was formed by adult education practitioners at the first national Conference on Adult Mathematical Literacy held in Arlington, Virginia, in March 1994. They had joined researchers, program administrators, government officials and others to discuss the status of adult numeracy education and to determine future directions. The conference was co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL), and the Office of Vocational and Adult Education of the U.S. Department of Education. Forming the Network was a voluntary commitment by the practitioners to continue the work of the conference at the grassroots level where teachers and students meet. The Network adopted a constitution and by-laws in April 1995, at its first Annual meeting in Cambridge, MA. In July 1997, the ANPN board voted to change the name of the Network to the Adult Numeracy Network. In April 1998, the ANN became an affiliate-at-large of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.