GED Connection

Curriculum Areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, Adult
Show Length: Thirty nine half-hour programs
Usage Rights: Off-air recording rights through January 1, 2012
Production Date: 2000
Distributor: KET PBS
Availability: Broadcast; CMSD-TV
WVIZ/PBS Broadcast: Monday-Friday, 5-5:30am
Internet Site(s): http://www.pbs.org/literacy/
Teacher Guide: Extensive materials available on website.

CLOSED CAPTIONED: YES

GED Connection is a flexible multimedia instructional series featuring the skills and knowledge needed to prepare for and pass the GED exam. The GED Connection series combines 39 video programs (broadcast by WVIZ/PBS), 3 student workbooks, and free Internet learning activities, quizzes, and practice tests. Used together or apart these components can make studying for the test exciting, engaging, and effective. Students can view the programs on WVIZ/PBS, record the programs, and use the tapes to study at home. Many local adult education programs, community colleges, one-stop career centers, or libraries have GED Connection videos, books, classes, and teachers available to help students too. At the GED Web site students can register for a free portfolio that contains GED practice tests and quizzes with automatic scoring and feedback, plus extensive learning modules for each of the 5 GED subject areas. Online teachers from several states are available to coach adult learners online. Students can order GED Connection workbooks to use at home or ask for them at an adult education center or library near them.

The Northeast ABLE Resource Center provides services to 41 ABLE programs in 13 counties; for more information, call 216-261-7076.

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), public institutions, like our high schools, libraries, and social service agencies have the right to record the programs in the GED Connections series and use them through January 1, 2012.

1. Orientation #101 5/27/10
2. Passing the GED Writing Test #102 5/28/10
3. Getting Ideas on Paper #103 5/31/10
4. The Writing Process #104 6/1/10
5. Organized Writing #105 6/2/10
6. Writing Style and Word Choice #106 6/3/10
7. Effective Sentences #107 6/4/10
8. Grammar and Usage #108 6/7/10
9. Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization #109 6/8/10
10. The GED Essay #110 6/9/10
11. Passing the GED Reading Test #111 6/10/10
12. Nonfiction #112 6/11/10
13. Fiction #113 6/14/10
14. Poetry #114 6/15/10
15. Drama #115 6/16/10
16. Passing the GED Social Studies Test #116 6/17/10
17. Themes in U.S. History #117 6/18/10
18. Themes in World History #118 6/21/10
19. Economics #119 6/22/10
20. Civics and Government #120 6/23/10
21. Geography #121 6/24/10
22. Passing the GED Science Test #122 6/25/10
23. Life Science #123 6/28/10
24. Earth and Space Science #124 6/29/10
25. Chemistry #125 6/30/10
26. Physics #126 7/1/10
27. Passing the GED Math Test #127 5/10/10, 7/2/10
28. Number Sense #128 5/11/10, 7/5/10
29. Problem Solving #129 5/12/10, 7/6/10
30. Decimals #130 5/13/10, 7/7/10
31. Fractions #131 8/14/09, 7/8/10
32. Ratio, Proportion, and Percent #132 5/17/10, 7/9/10
33. Measurement #133 5/18/10, 7/12/10
34. Formulas #134 5/19/10, 7/13/10
35. Geometry #135 5/20/10, 7/14/10
36. Data Analysis #136 5/21/10, 7/15/10
37. Statistics and Probability #137 5/24/10, 7/16/10
38. Introduction to Algebra #138 5/25/10, 7/19/10
39. Special Topics in Algebra and Geometry #139 5/26/10, 7/20/10