ERIC Number: ED366761
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 717
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Cleveland Wood Products Mathematics on the Job I-II.
Cuyahoga Community Coll., Cleveland, OH.
Employee and facilitator manuals are provided for two courses developed for a workplace literacy program: Mathematics on the Job I and II. Each 10-session course begins with a preassessment and ends with a postassessment. Components of each 2-hour session are objectives, informational materials, and problems or exercises. The facilitator copies include the answer keys. Topics covered in the first course include the following: read and write whole numbers; add and subtract whole numbers; solve addition and subtraction word problems; multiply and divide whole numbers; use calculators; solve multiplication and division word problems; use fractions; convert from fractions to decimals; add and subtract decimals; multiply and divide decimals; convert decimals to percents; solve decimal word problems; and solve work-related problems. Topics covered in the second course are as follows: math anxiety; problem solving; fractions; fraction word problems; decimals; decimal word problems; percentages; percentage word problems; converting between fractions, decimals, and percents; number line; positive and negative integers; addition and subtraction of positive and negative integers; multiplication and division of positive and negative integers; the rules for order of operations for solving equations; formulas; using formulas to solve job-related problems; ratio and proportion; and ratio and proportion word problems. (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Fractions, Inplant Programs, Integers, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts, Numbers, Percentage, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Guides, Word Problems (Mathematics), Workplace Literacy
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program.
Authoring Institution: Cuyahoga Community Coll., Cleveland, OH.
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