ERIC ED463613: Building General Mathematics Skills. Teacher's Guide [and Student Guide]. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS). Reprint. Revised.

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Owens, Beverly; Mitchell, Amy; Walford, Sylvia
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Building General Mathematics Skills. Teacher's Guide [and
TITLE
Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students
Student Guide] .
(PASS). Reprint. Revised.
Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL. Exceptional Student
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Education.; Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee.
Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services.
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PUB DATE 1998-00-00
706p.; Teacher's guide 1998 reprint and Student guide 1996
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reprint of 1991 Revised edition, based on PASS course,
"General Mathematics 1" (Course no. 1205340). Part of the
Curriculum Improvement Project funded under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B.
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ABSTRACT
This teacher's guide and student guide are designed to
accompany a general mathematics textbook that contains supplemental readings,
activities, and methods adapted for secondary students who have disabilities
and other students with diverse learning needs. The materials are designed to
help these students succeed in regular education content courses and include
simplified text and smaller units of study. The curriculum correlates to
Florida's Sunshine State Standards and is divided into the following 11 units
of study: (1) whole numbers;
(2) fractions; (3) decimals;
(4) percents;
(5)
geometry; (7) perimeter/area;
(9) central
(6) measurement;
(8) graphs;
(10) integers; and (11) equations. For each unit, the teacher's
tendency;
guide includes a general description of the unit's content and the unit's
focus. Key prerequisite skills for the students are also listed in this
guide. A suggested order of nine teaching events for the unit is given in a
scope and sequence chart. These nine events include: determining present
level; introducing the concept; presenting vocabulary; conducting initial
learning activity; presenting concepts and examples; addressing common
errors; reinforcing skills; summarizing the lesson; and administering a
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posttest. Answer keys for the quizzes and activities sheets are also
included. Appendices in the teacher's guide contain a chart describing
standards and benchmarks. The student guide contains vocabulary lists,
explanation of content, and practice exercises designed to evaluate
comprehension.
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Building General Mathematics Skills.
Teacher's Guide [and Student Guide]. Revised.
Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS).
Beverly Owens, Amy Mitchell, and Sylvia Walford
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Building General
Mathematic Skills
Teacher's Guide
Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services
Division of Public Schools and Community Education
Florida Department of Education
Reprinted 1998
Exceptional Student Education
This product was developed by Leon Comty Schools,
special project, funded
Department, through the Curriculum Improvement Project, a
of Public Schools and
by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Division
and Community Services,
Community Education, Bureau of Instructional Support
Disabilities Education Act
through federal assistance under the Individuals with
(IDEA), Part B.
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1993
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Building General
Mathematic Skills
Teacher's Guide
developed by
Beverly Owens
Amy Mitchell
Sylvia Walford
Curriculum improvement Project
IDEA, Part B, Special Project
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Exceptional Student Education
Curriculum Improvement Project
Sylvia Walford, Project Manager
Exceptional Student Education
Beverley Blanton, Executive Director
Beverly Loeffler, Director, Program Development
School Board of Leon County
Mike Conley
Donna Harper
Emily Mil lett
Curtis Richardson
Donna Uzzell, Chair
Superintendent of Leon County Schools
Richard L. Merrick
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ix
USER'S GUIDE
xi
UNIT 1: WHOLE NUMBERS
1
Overview
3
Section 1: Addition
5
Section 2: Subtraction
11
Section 3: Multiplication
17
Section 4: Division
23
Answer Keys
31
UNIT 2:
FRACTIONS
37
Overview
39
Section 1: Addition
41
Section 2: Subtraction
51
Section 3: Multiplication
57
Section 4: Division
63
Answer Keys
69
UNIT 3:
DECIMALS
87
Overview
89
Section 1: Addition
91
Section 2: Subtraction
95
Section 3: Multiplication
99
Section 4: Division
103
Section 5: Rounding
109
Answer Keys
115
UNIT 4: PERCENTS
121
Overview
123
Section 1: Identifying Equivalent Forms
125
Section 2: Percents of a Whole Number
131
Section 3: Percents of a Fraction
135
Answer Keys
140
UNIT 5: GEOMETRY
143
Overview
145
Section 1: Basic Figures
147
Section 2: Angles and Triangles
151
Section 3: Polygons
157
Answer Keys
163