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The curriculum outline for a career-oriented mathematics program at the secondary level in Louisiana. It covers various topics such as sets, whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and statistics. The guide aims to help students understand mathematical concepts with real-world applications.
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AUTHOR Vuschler,,Alexandra;^ And^ Others^ ,^ ,
Guide (Career Oriented). ,INWITUTION Louisiana^ State^ Dept.^ of^ Education,^ Baton^ Rouge. REPORT NO- awn-1270f^ 4T-141-2- 'PUB DATE May T4 1.^.
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EDRS PRICE 0 MP-5^ (1.83()HC-53.50^ Rills^ Postage^1 DESCRIPTORS Arithmetic;^ Behavioral^ Objectives;^ *Career^ Education; Continuous Progress Plan; *,Curriculum'cGuidesr Geometry; Learning Activities; *Wathematics; Mathematics Curriculum; Measurement; *Secondary Education; Statistics IDENTIFIER Louisiana -,,
ABSTRACT rriculum.guide for secondary level, career-oriented,,eneral Mathematics Part 1, correlates'-performance obje.ctives n asic^ mathematics^ with^ career-oriented^ concepts.^ and. activities. The material is designed tolead'the student in a systematic evelopment that provides for continuous prom..7.a.elthe guide is in outline format, providing a curriculum outlinee performance objectives, and related (career-oriented) concepts, objectives, and learning activities. The guide encompasses the maim topic areas of developmental arithmetic, introduction to algebra, geordetry,'measurement, introduction, to statittics, 'and enrichment topics. (NJ)
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DJ LouisianaStateDepartmentofEducation
LouisJ.tv1ichot,Superintendent
1974
BULLETINNO.
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USDEARTMENTOFHEALTH. NATIONALINSTITUTEOF^ EDUCATION&WELFARE EDUCATION DUCEDEXACTLYASPEcEIVEO.FROM^ THISDOCUMENTHASBEENREPRO- THEPERSONORORGANIZATIONORIGIN- ATINGITPOINTSOFVIEWOROPINIONS STATEDDONOTNECESSARILYREPRE- SENTOFFICIALNATIONALINSTITUTEOF EDUCATIONPOSITIONORPOLICY
ACKNOWLEIDEMENTS
AppreciationisexprbEisedtotheoriginalwritingteamwhichworked ,ko,diligentlyindevelopingthe-materialsandideasincludedinthe
Mrs.,AexandraNuschler,Chairwoman
, Mrs.EleanorHollingsworth
Mr.JohnH.Smith
ChalmetteHighSchool Ch°a1vriette,Louisiana
LAttownJunlorHigh M roe,.Louisiana
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Coteau-BayouBlueElementary Houma,Louisiana
RayvilleHighSchoOl Rayville,Louisiana
Mrs.,Margaret-Tham4s (^) ManghamJuniorHigh Mangham,Louisiana
Fortheirconstructivesuggestionsandadditipnsinthisrevised edition,wegivespecialthanksand'acknowl)edgementtothisyear'steam. 0 Dr.MerlinM.Ohrner,Chairman, (^) NichollsStaleUniversity Xhibodaux,Louisiana
Lafayette,Louisiana
Mr.DaleHester
Mr.JosephJones
Mrs,.Alexandra4Nuschler
Mrs.MargueriteSainders
NichollsStateUniversity Thibodaux,Louisiana
MansfieldHighSchool Mansfield,Louisiana to Chalrn)ette1-fferdahool Chalniette,Louisiana
SabineParishSchoolBoard Many,Louisiana
Finallyf.vveexpressourgratitudetoSuperintendentLouisJ.Michot, whohasbeenthespearheadinpromotingtheconceptofcareereducation forall,andtotheLouisianaLegislaturewhichrecognizedtheneedforsuch aprog.ramandsawthatfundsweremadeavailabletocarryonthisworth- whileendeavor.
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PREFACE
ThefirstworkingdraftoftheMathematicsCurriculumGdide,
academicyear. Feedbackindicatedthat-thematerialswerWip9ropriate forthepurposesasstatedintheoriginalpreface.
Thematerialspresentedhereinhavebeenchangedfromthevosriginal onlyinthat,themathematicallanguagehasbeenmadeasunifornias possibleforclarityandtoconformtothetextsadoptedbytheStateof Louisiana. Additionalcareerlearningactivitieshavebeenintroduced. 1 Theformathasbeenrevised-sothatitshouldbeeasiertocorrelate th7,curriculumoutlinesandperformanceobjectiveswitptherelatedcareer 011entedconceptsandlearningactivities. (^) a
assuredthatthecareerapproachoftheseguidelinesinnowayweakens
ambitiousminimumrecommendationstheguidelinescontainample extensionmaterialsforthosestudentswhoneedtobechallenged.
Ma.therhaticsisembeddedinall'ofthedisciplinesandmake9a solidbaseforexperiencesincareereducation. Thisisborneoutbythe numerousreferenceqandcareeractivitiesfromthespectrumoflife.
Thestudentisledinasystematicdevelopmentthatisdesignedto providefor'continuousprogress. Dignityofthepersonwa)salways foremostindevisingandrevisingtheguidelines. ThegOalsweresetto givemaximumdevelopmentoftheindividualthroughalltypesof
Finally,ourschoolswillalwayshaveabasiccurriculum. The methdoofinstructionwillbeconstantlychanging;andthecounselors
.educationgoalswhichareinterwovenwiththetraditionalwillhelpmake
children.
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GENERALMATHEMATICSPARTI
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CURRICULUMOUTLINE (^) PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
I. (^) DevelopmentalArithmetic
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A. (^) Meaningand illustrationsofsets
a. (^) Rule Roster
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I. (^) DevelopmentalArithmetic
A. (^) Todemonstrateabasic
student (^) ouldbeableto:
a. n(A)=n(B). b. n(A) (^) n(B). c. n(A)>n(B). d. n(A)<n(B).
DrawaVenndiagram to,illustrateeachof thefollowingsets:
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CURRICULUMOUTLINE (^) JPER:TORM4NC
OBJECTIVES
a. Universalset, U b. Emptyset,
ct Unionofsets
d. Intersetionof sets e. (^) Disjointsets f. (^) Complement ofaset
B. (^) Counting
B. To understanding the able'
b. AOB.
Ca (^) ACC;AandC
sets:AFCis the 'set., d. (^1).
demonstrateabasic ofcounting, studentshouldbe to:
COuntto100by2's.
Countto100by5's.
Countto1,000by10's.
6., (^) Thirds
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RELATEDCAREERORIENTED
. CONCEPTSAND0JECTIVES
RELATEDCA.REEORIENTED LEARNINGACTIVITIES.
B. Acashierinabank usesabasicknow- ledgeofcounting.
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B. Thecashiercountsmoneyto., peoplemaking?awithdrawal usuallybythedenominations ofthe'bills.e.g.; 10' and20's.,Havestudentsplay thegamesMonopolyorLife. Thecashiershouldbeablest() countcurrencycorrectlyat thepropertimes. Ifdesired thecashiermaybechanged whilethegameisinprogress sothatotherstudentsmayhave theopportunitytocountdifferent denominationsofcurrency.
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RELATEDCAREERORIENTED CONCEPTSANDOBJECTIVES
RELATEDCAREERORIENTED LEARNINGACTIVITIES ImONSs,
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C. Radioandtelevision
numbersovertheair
wellasforelection returns.
D. (^) Departmentrilanagers withinfactoriesuse additiondaily'intheir work.
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Collectnewspaperarticles thathavelargenumbers withinthestory. Students
newsannouncers.
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Atlocalandstateelectiontimes; collectarticlesthatinclude. electionreturns. Collectthe electionreturnsfromthe teletypemachineofaradio, .station,televisionstation ornewspaperoffice. Have studentsreadtheresults
Henry'sdepartmentchecks parts.forabicyclefactory, b. ,sorting-themasacceptable
theyfound493acceptable partsand2rejects;onTuesday, 561acceptableand4rejects; onWednesday,389acceptable
461acceptableand6rejects; andonFriday,533acceptable andnorejects. Howmany acceptablepartsdidtheyfind fortheweek?Howmany rejects?
Arnoldplayed18holesofgolf ' withthescoreoneachholeas follows:
Firstnine Holeno. (^123456789) Par (^4435444503) Arnold (^57 )
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CURRICULUMOUTLINE (^) PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
E: (^) SubtraCtion
F. Multiplication
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a. Addingtwo-digit numbers. b. (^) Addingthree-digit
c. (^) Addingcolumnsof numbers.
E. (^) Inordertodemonstrateabasic understandingofsubtraction, thestudentshouldbeable to:
F. (^) Inordertodemonstratea basicunderstandingof rwltiplication,thestudent shouldbeableto:
a. Theclosureproperty formultiplication. b. (^) Thecommutative propertyformulti- plication. 4:
CURRICULUMOUTLINE
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2.9 (^) Repeatedaddition'
pivision
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c. (^) Theas propertyformulti- plication. - d. (^) Theidentityproperty formultiplication. e. (^) Theinverseproperty forMultiplication. f. (^) Thedistributive propertyformulti- plicationover addition. g. (^) Themultiplication propertyofzero. Thecancellation propertyformulti- plication.
peated,ddition.
G. (^) Inordertodemonstratea basicunaerstandingof division,thestudentshould beableto:
'1. (^) Dividebymeansof repeatedsubtraction/ e.g., 24÷6=4. becausd:24 -6= 18; 6= 12;12-6= 6; (^) -6= 0.
RELATEDCAREERORIENTE CONCEPTSANDOBJECTIVES
RELATEDCAREERORIENTED LEARNINGACTIVITIES
Theproductionmanager susesdivisionofwhole numbersinhiswork.
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G. ThepNoductionmanagerreorte that1815poundsoferea1v4ere manufacturedonMonday; 21J45. poundsonTuesday;1980ponds onWednesday;2310poundson Thursday,and1650poundson Friday.Thecerealwaspackaged in..11ouncepackages.Howmany packagesofcerealwereproduced eachday?Howmanyforthe week?-Ifthecompanyhadused 15ouncepackages,,howmany package,swouldbeproducedfor the,week?
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RELATEDCAREERORIENTED CONCEPTSANDOBJECTIVES
RELATEDCAREERORIENTED LEARNINGACTIVITIES
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H. Athletesusefactors indifferentwaysin, oralcommunication.
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Solution: Ifloz. 15oz. Monday 2640 1936 ° Tuesday 3120 2288' Wedneocclay 2880 2112 Thursday 3360 1464 Friday (^2400 ) Total 14,400 10;
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Milton,John,andJimare preparingfortheolympics.
Iran'twomites Itookafour eachdayforten (^) milerunfive days. (^) times.
Milton
cd John
Iwentonatwo-milerun twicead day forfivedays.
Writetheexpressionstoshowthe numberofmilesthatMilton,John, andJimwalked.
2X10 4x5 (^) 2X2X
Whatnumberdoeseachexpression name?Whichexpressionis writtenwithonlyprimiR,factors?
CURRICULUMOUTLINE (^) PERFORMANCE
0JECTIVES
L (^) Fractionalnumber?
I. Fractions
a. Numeratorand denominator
b. Re'ading.and writing fractions c. (^) Equivalent
d. Comparison
g. Multiplication
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Fractionalnumbers
c. Listtheequivalent fractionsfrom givensetoffrac- tio s. d. Us (^) thesymboIs=
,<,to,compare fractionslikethe following:
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3; g (^4) 101; 2 10
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Addtwoormore fractions: (1)Withequal denominators. (2)Withunequal denominators. f. Subtractfractions:
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(A)
(2)
Withequal denominators. Withunequal denominators. Multiplytwoor