If you have ever had an adult learner ask, “When am I ever going to use this?”—or if you simply want to make room for richer, real-world discussions in your math classroom—you will love Citizen Math.
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The Mathematical Practices that are in the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education define what it means to be a mathematically proficient student. As adult education instructors, our job is to help our students navigate over the swells in the tempest of their angst until they get to the point where they have enough confidence in their own abilities to weather the sea of mathematics.
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