This section contains the math-focused Learning Projects and the accompanying Inquiry Activities. All the Inquiry Activities employ discovery and group learning, thus encouraging the development of the analytical, creative and practical thinking skills that underwrite this approach to GED preparation, along with the content knowledge necessary for passing the test.

Because GED 2002 math requires reading comprehension, thinking, reasoning and estimation as well as computational skills, we incorporate the reading, writing and thinking skills into the instruction.

The Math Learning Projects use Official GED Math Practice Test questions. Similar ideas are collected into Learning Projects; Inquiry Activities in each Project are sequenced from simple to the more complex. Through this organization, learners will be able to recognize the underlying math concepts, thereby developing a higher level of understanding of mathematics.

The Template for Math Inquiry is presented, modified from the overall General Template. It presents the idea of estimation, a useful skill in life and test-taking, as well as expressing the idea in other terms. Both of these are strong concepts to understanding math.

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Learning Project: GED Math & You

After students have taken the Math portion of the Official GED Practice Test (Form A) and have had the test scored, they will have a picture of where they need to focus their attentions. This is a good place for the class to do the GED Math and You Inquiry Activities. The first explores their experiences with math, and the second will develop their individual Math Action Plans. It is important for them to establish what they will need to do, and how to develop their own approaches towards doing it.This Action Plan, like the GED and You Action Plan, is the student's own assessment tool.

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