Algebra Textbooks Evaluation
Algebra 1: Integration, Applications, Connections |
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| Available Charts: | Typical Sightings Summary of Instructional Analysis Ratings |
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| Authors: | William Collins, Gilbert Cuevas, Alan G. Foster, Berchie Gordon, Beatrice Moore-Harris, James Rath, Dora Swart, Leslie J. Winters | |
| Publisher: | Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | |
| Edition: | 1998 | |
| Subject Area: | Algebra | |
| Grade Level/ Format: | This textbook is appropriate for grades 6-12. It consists of 13 chapters. | |
| Activities: | In a typical chapter, students read the objectives, explore topics and situations that support the importance of mathematics, and engage in a chapter project. In each lesson, students (1) read what they will learn and why it is important; (2) explore commentary on demonstrations of the concepts or skills; (3) complete sample problems; and (4) express their understanding of concepts/skills by reading, writing, modeling, discussing, and doing practice problems. Each chapter ends with a highlights section and a study guide and assessment section, which include skills and concepts, applications and problem solving, alternative assessments, and, in some chapters, long-term investigation problems. | |
| Assessment: | Assessments include writing assignments, self tests, selected review problem sets, review of terms, procedures, concepts and skills, and alternative assessments, which may include group/team projects, applied questions, portfolio prompts, and self evaluations. The Assessment and Evaluation Masters contain multiple choice, free response, calculator-based and mid-chapter tests; practice versions of standardized tests; quizzes; cumulative reviews of a set of chapters; and performance tests. |
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| Web Site(s): | http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/ | |
Continued: Algebra 1: Tools for a Changing World