Corequisite Approach ISE

2nd Edition
1260597466 · 9781260597462
This text exercises students’ brains by challenging them to LEARN, not memorize formulas or mimic procedures. This series of activities guides students to build literacy and skills needed to be successful in society, particularly in the areas most … Read More
Lifetime
S$73.03
After you purchase your eBook, you will need to download VitalSource Bookshelf, a free app. Then login or create an account and enter the code from your order confirmation email to access your eBook.
  • Access the eBook anytime, anywhere: online or offline
  • Create notes, flashcards and make annotations while you study
  • Full searchable content: quickly find the answers you are looking for

Unit 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING NUMERATE 


Lesson 1-1: Giving 110 Percent (Review of Percents)

Objective 1: Perform conversions and calculations involving percents. 

Objective 2: Find percent increase or decrease. 

Objective 3: Solve problems using percents. 

Objective 4: Evaluate the legitimacy of claims based on percents. 


Lesson 1-2: Where Does the Time Go? (Drawing and Interpreting Pie Charts and Bar Graphs)

Objective 1: Analyze personal time management for a week of activities. 

Objective 2: Solve problems involving percentages. 

Objective 3: Create and interpret pie charts. 

Objective 4: Create and interpret bar graphs. 


Lesson 1-3: Take a Guess! (Estimation and Number Sense)

Objective 1: Identify the steps in a systematic problem-solving procedure. 

Objective 2: Make educated guesses. 

Objective 3: Compare numbers using inequality symbols. 


Lesson 1-4: It Works Like Magic (Dimensional Analysis)

Objective 1: Convert units using dimensional analysis. 

Objective 2: Convert units within the metric system. 

Objective 3: Convert rates of change. 

Objective 4: Convert temperatures. 


Lesson 1-5: It’s All Relative (Interpreting Relative Difference/Relative Error)

Objective 1: Compare change to relative change. 

Objective 2: Apply percent error. 


Lesson 1-6: Debt: Bad. Chocolate: Good (Using Scientific Notation) 

Objective 1: Convert numbers between decimal and scientific notation. 

Objective 2: Describe the significance of writing numbers in scientific notation. 


Lesson 1-7: Portion Control (Apportionment)

Objective 1: Describe what apportionment is and why it’s used. 

Objective 2: Compute standard divisors and quotas. 

Objective 3: Apportion items using a variety of methods. 


Unit 2: CONTENDING WITH CHANGE 


Lesson 2-1: Avoiding Empty Pockets (Comparing Linear and Exponential Growth)

Objective 1: Distinguish between simple interest and compound interest. 

Objective 2: Distinguish between linear and exponential growth. 

Objective 3: Interpret exponents as repeated multiplication. 

Objective 4: Simplify numeric expressions involving exponents and the order of operations. 


Lesson 2-2: A Coordinated Effort (The Basics of Graphing)

Objective 1: Use a rectangular coordinate system. 

Objective 2: Connect data to graphs. 

Objective 3: Interpret graphs. 


Lesson 2-3: 88 Miles Per Hour! (Slope as a Rate of Change) 

Objective 1: Interpret a rate of change. 

Objective 2: Predict a future value from a rate of change. 

Objective 3: Calculate a rate of change. 

Objective 4: Find the intercepts of a line. 

Objective 5: Interpret the meaning of the intercepts of a line. 


Lesson 2-4: The Effects of Alcohol (Slope-Intercept Form and Linear Modeling)

Objective 1: Write an equation of a line given a description of the relationship. 

Objective 2: Write an equation of a line that models data from a table. 

Objective 3: Write an equation of a line from a graph of the line. 

Objective 4: Graph a line by plotting points. 


Lesson 2-5: The Great Tech Battle (Linear Relationships and Lines of Best Fit)

Objective 1: Determine whether two variables have a linear relationship. 

Objective 2: Calculate the line of best fit for a set of data using a spreadsheet. 

Objective 3: Calculate the line of best fit for a set of data using a calculator. 

Objective 4: Interpret the correlation coefficient for a data set. 


Lesson 2-6: Sit Back and Watch Your Money Grow (Exponential Growth Equations)

Objective 1: Define function and use function notation. 

Objective 2: Identify the significance of a and b in an equation of the form y = abx 

Objective 3: Find exponential models. 

Objective 4: Compare exponential models using graphs, tables, and formulas. 


Lesson 2-7: Follow the Bouncing Golf Ball (Exponential Curve Fitting)

Objective 1: Gather and organize data from an experiment. 

Objective 2: Find an exponential curve of best fit for an experimental data set. 

Objective 3: Study the decay rate for exponential decay. 


Lesson 2-8: Keeping Current (Modeling Current Data with Linear or Exponential Equations)

Objective 1: Decide on an appropriate type of model for a given data set. 

Objective 2: Model data with a linear or exponential equation. 

Objective 3: Research current data to compare to values predicted by a model. 


Unit 3: MANAGING YOUR MONEY 


Lesson 3-1: A Topic of Interest (Simple Interest)

Objective 1: Define interest and understand related terminology. 

Objective 2: Develop simple interest formulas. 

Objective 3: Use simple interest formulas to analyze financial issues. 


Lesson 3-2: Like a Snowball Rolling Downhill (Compound Interest)

Objective 1: Describe how compound interest differs from simple interest. 

Objective 2: Develop compound interest formulas. 

Objective 3: Use compound interest formulas to analyze financial issues.

 

Lesson 3-3: Buying Stuff Without Money (Installment Buying)

Objective 1: Compute payments and charges associated with installment loans. 

Objective 2: Identify the true cost of a loan by computing APR. 

Objective 3: Evaluate the costs of buying items on credit. 


Lesson 3-4: Investing in Yourself (Education and Home Loans)

Objective 1: Understand different student loan options. 

Objective 2: Compute interest and monthly payments on a student loan. 

Objective 3: Evaluate the effects of capitalizing interest. 

Objective 4: Analyze various aspects of a mortgage. 

Objective 5: Compare two mortgages of different lengths. 

Objective 6: Prepare an amortization schedule. 


Lesson 3-5: A Walk on Wall Street (Stocks and Bonds)

Objective 1: Read information from a stock listing. 

Objective 2: Calculate costs of buying stock, and profit or loss from selling. 

Objective 3: Study the price-to-earnings ratio, and use it to analyze the value of a stock. 

Objective 4: Calculate profit from a bond sale. 


Lesson 3-6: A Taxing Situation (Income Taxes)

Objective 1: Understand why we pay taxes. 

Objective 2: Explain the basic process of paying taxes. 

Objective 3: Determine the amount of tax due based on taxable income. 

Objective 4: Complete a 1040 form. 


Unit 4: STATISTICALLY SPEAKING 


Lesson 4-1: So You’re Saying There’s a Chance . . . (Basic Probability)

Objective 1: Understand key terminology in the study of probability. 

Objective 2: Compute and interpret theoretical and empirical probabilities. 

Objective 3: Compare theoretical and empirical probability. 


Lesson 4-2: Make It Count (Sample Spaces and Counting Techniques)

Objective 1: Describe how counting techniques are useful in probability theory. 

Objective 2: Use tree diagrams and tables to determine sample spaces and compute probabilities. 

Objective 3: Develop and use the fundamental counting principle. 


Lesson 4-3: Odds and Ends (Odds and Expected Value)

Objective 1: Distinguish between odds and probability. 

Objective 2: Compute and interpret the odds in favor of and odds against an event. 

Objective 3: Compute odds from probability and vice versa. 

Objective 4: Develop a procedure for finding expected value. 

Objective 5: Compute and interpret expected values. 


Lesson 4-4: Crunching the Numbers (Gathering and Organizing Data) 

Objective 1: Explain the difference between a population and a sample. 

Objective 2: Compare and contrast different sampling methods. 

Objective 3: Organize data with frequency distributions. 

Objective 4: Analyze data with stem and leaf plots. 


Lesson 4-5: An Average Joe (Measures of Average)

Objective 1: Compute measures of average for given data. 

Objective 2: Interpret the story told by measures of average. 

Objective 3: Compute and interpret the mean for grouped data. 

Objective 4: Compute weighted grades. 

Objective 5: Use technology to compute measures of average. 


Lesson 4-6: Your Results May Vary (Measures of Variation)

Objective 1: Compute measures of variation for a given data set. 

Objective 2: Interpret standard deviation for a data set. 

Objective 3: Make meaningful comparisons of standard deviation for two data sets. 

Objective 4: Analyze the procedure for computing standard deviation. 


Lesson 4-7: Just a Normal Day (Normal Distributions and Z Scores)

Objective 1: Recognize characteristics of data that are normally distributed. 

Objective 2: Understand the connection between area under a normal curve, percentage, and probability. 

Objective 3: Make an educated guess about the empirical rule, then use the rule to calculate percentages and probabilities. 

Objective 4: Compare data values from different sets using Z scores. 


Lesson 4-8: The Error of Your Ways (Polling and Margin of Error)

Objective 1: Determine the margin of error in a given poll. 

Objective 2: Explain the meaning of the margin of error in a given poll. 

Objective 3: Calculate the number of poll respondents needed for a given margin of error. 


Lesson 4-9: Trust No One (Misuses of Statistics)

Objective 1: Identify misuses of sampling and evaluate their effect on statistical results. 

Objective 2: Recognize and describe common misuses of compiling and reporting statistics that make them meaningless or deceiving. 

Objective 3: Study ways that graphs can be manipulated to tell a desired story. 

This text exercises students’ brains by challenging them to LEARN, not memorize formulas or mimic procedures. This series of activities guides students to build literacy and skills needed to be successful in society, particularly in the areas most employers identify as essential: working effectively in groups, solving problems without being told what to do, and using technology well. For corequisite students with wide ranges of preparation, each lesson begins by outlining Prep Skills needed so that students can receive instruction and practice just-in-time.