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6 - 7 Problem Solving - Software/CD-ROM

  • The Factory deluxe : strategies in problem solving (ENC-011765) This CD-ROM program for grades 4 to 8 features five factory-based activities to help students expand their problem-solving strategies in geometry, sequencing, and spatial sense. Teachers can customize software to meet student needs and keep records to chart student progress.

  • Math Workshop deluxe (ENC-013950) This CD-ROM contains eight interactive learning activities to introduce and reinforce math skills in problem solving, basic operations and computation, pattern recognition, spatial thinking, and logical reasoning. Poly Gonzales, a middle school math whiz, explains the eight math workshop activities, which include dividing a whole into fractional parts and using the fraction parts to make music, building three types of puzzles that become animated, and painting patterns.

  • SkillsBank 4 (ENC-013537) This CD-ROM tutorial offers instruction in basic skills concepts to support preparation for high school equivalency exams. The subject areas covered are basic and intermediate mathematics, language arts, and information skills. Basic mathematics topics include place value and rounding, simplifying fractions, and computation. Intermediate mathematics topics include proportion, percent, and an introduction to algebra. Diagnostic pretests and post tests are included for all topics.

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