This set of three CD-ROMs contains a series of interactive skills development and tutorial programs designed to motivate students by providing practical job related mathematics activities. The mathematics explores graphing, measurement, and the basics of geometry related to lines and angles. Job related fields include agriculture, building trades, business and marketing, health occupations, home economics and industrial technology. A tutorial lesson introduces each mathematical topic and is followed by the job related activities. A management system breaks down scores so that the teacher can tell the level of student proficiency for each type of math function in the program.
Reproducible worksheets accompany each program.
In a sample of content, the Using Graphs, Charts, and Tables CD-ROM is designed to teach the student to read, interpret, and create pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs. In the tutorial, the student interprets graphs representing sales data for a company over a nine year period. After the tutorial, the student may choose to work in a vocational area with problems such as reading a circle graph that shows the breakdown of expenses for a plumbing company. The student receives specific, interactive feedback and reteaching as needed for each incorrect answer. Correct answers are acknowledged and the program continues.