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ERIC Number: ED366761
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 717
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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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)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
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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