ERIC ED356432: The Competitive Edge: Sharpening Your Skills in the Workplace. Mathematics. Student Edition.

271 Pages·1993·3.4 MB·English

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AUTHOR
Leidig, Julie; And Others
TITLE
The Competitive Edge: Sharpening Your Skills in the
Workplace. Mathematics. Student Edition.
INSTITUTION
Texas Univ., Austin. Extension Instruction and
Materials Center.
SPONS AGENCY
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED),
Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy
Program.
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SN-150-S
PUB DATE
93
NOTE
271p.; For related documents, see CE 063 548-551.
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more, 10% discount).
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Classroom Use
Instructional Materials (For
Learner) (051)
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DESCRIPTORS
Adult Basic Education; Basic Skills; Course Content;
*Education Work Relationship; Learning Activities;
Learning Modules; Lesson Plans; *Mathematics
Instruction; *Remedial Mathematics; Teaching
Methods
IDENTIFIERS
*Workplace Literacy
A3STRACT
This student edition of learning modules in refresher
mathematics is one of the five books developed during
a 21-month
cooperative project to develop instructional materials that enhance
skills in a workplace context. Partners in the project inclded
the
University of Texas at Austin, consultants, the Austin/Travis
County
Private Industry Council, Hart Graphics, IBM, and Texas
Instruments.
The guide contains two modules that cover the following topics
for a
suggested 20-week course in refresher mathematics: decimals,
fractions, word problems, estimating and averages, ratios
and
proportions, percents, standard measurement, signed numbers,
algebraic equations and inequalities, solving for unknowns,
working
with formulas, and graphing ordered pairs. The modules
are divided
into a total of 23 lesscns that use
a functional workplace context,
discovered through observing how workers
use skills, conducting job
task analyses, and interviewing workers, supervisors, and training
managers. Lessons in this student edition contain some or all the
following elements of a lesson plan: learning objective;
introduction; vocabulary; practice problems; developing
understanding; skill building problems, activities, and exercises;
self-check; reviews; and answer keys.
(KC)
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Edge:
The Competitive
Skills
Sharpening Your
in the Workplace
MATHEMATICS
Student Edition
DI
Julie Leidig
Sally McCarty
Holly O'Rear
Mary Hartzell
Coordinated by
Elaine Shelton
Published by
The University of Texas at Austin
Educational Resources
Center
Extension Instruction and Materials
Division of Continuing Education
1993
i
© 1993 by The University of Texas at Austin
All rights reserved. Published 1993
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However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the
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Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal
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Editor / Barbara Sutherland
Artists / Elinor Gamache and Debra Dionisio
Publishing Technician / Kathryn N. Roberts
Production Assistant / Debbie Haiji
Production Coordinator / Barbara Sutherland
Additional copies may be ordered from:
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Contents
v
Acknowledgments
MODULE 1: Refresher Math (Part 1)
Decimals
Lesson 1.1: Adding and Subtracting
1
9
Lesson 1.2: Multiplying Decimals
15
Lesson 1.3: Dividing with Decimals
Subtracting, and Reducing
Lesson 1.4: Using Fractions: Adding,
21
to Lowest Terms
29
Lesson 1.5: Finding Common Denominators
39
Lr.ssoik 1.6: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
47
Lesson 1.7: Fractions and Decimals
MODULE 2: Refresher Math (Part 2)
53
Lesson 2.1: Solving Word Problems
65
Lesson 2.2: Estimating and Averaging
75
Lesson 2.3: Working with Ratios
87
Lesson 2.4: Working with Proportions
97
Percents
Lesson 2.5: Converting Fractions and Decimals into
105
Lesson 2.6: Solving Percent Problems
113
REVIEW # I
119
Lesson 2.7: Standard Measurement (Part 1)
133
Lesson 2.8: Standard Measurement (Part 2)
143
Lesson 2.9: Metric Measurement
155
Lesson 2.10: Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers
165
Lesson 2.11: Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers
171
REVIEW #2
iii
Lesson 2.12: Algebraic Equations and Inequalities
177
Lesson 2.13: Addition and Subtraction, Solving for an Unknown
193
Lesson 2.14: Multiplication and Division. Solving for an Unknown
201
Lesson 2.15: Working with Formulas
213
Lesson 2.16: Graphing Ordered Pairs
223
REVIEW #3
239
Answer Key
243
iv
10
6
Acknowledgments
Workplace is the final
Sharpening Your Skills in the
The Competitive Edge:
the U.S.
Workplace Education grant from
product of a 21-month National
Center at
Extension Instruction and Materials
Department of Education to the
the
cooperation with its business partner,
The University of Texas at Austin, in
The project, titled Skills
Industry Council.
Austin/Travis County Private
first was to develop
main objectives. The
Building for Tomorrow, had two
The second
skills in a workplace context.
instructional materials that enhance
yearlong
materials while providing a
objective was to field-test these
IBM, and
in Austin: Hart Graphics,
instructional program at three companies
worked with the
21 months of this project, we
Texas Instruments. During the
valuable
gratefully acknowledge for their
following individuals whom we
endeavor.
contributions to the success of this
Materials
Austin, Extension Instruction and
The University of Texas at
Project
Skills Building for Tomorrow
Center, Educational Resources,
Center
Extension Instruction and Materials
Dr. Kathryn Allen, Director,
Educational Resources
Dr. Barbara Selke-Kern, Director,
Building for Tomorrow Project (SBT)
Elaine Shelton, Director, Skills
Coordinator/Curriculum Developer/Assistant
Julie Leidig, SBT Instructor
Editor
Developer
Sally McCarty, SBT Instructor/Curriculum
Developer
Holly O'Rear, SBT Instructor/Curiculum
Developer
Mary Hartzell, SBT Instructor/Curriculum
Customer Service
Cathy Crandall, Coordinator of
Consultants
Consultant
Sue Lagerquist, Instructional
Consultant
Kurt von Quintus, Technical
Council
Austin/Travis County Private Industry
Bill Demestihas, Executive Director
Olivia Machuca
Kevin Duffy
Hart Graphics
Larry Maynard
Charles Ferraro
Mary Astor
Emilio Mendez
Sandra Fisher
Lola Barkley
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