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  1. Alternate format or open-ended questions also give teachers great concern.  Teachers and students are used to finding 5 multiple-choice answers after each problem.  On the GED 2002 Mathematics Test, 20% of the questions will not have multiple-choice answers.  Students will have to figure out the answer without the opportunity for great guessing.  Now is the time for teachers to start using open-ended questions in class.

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  2. Finally, when you have an open-ended question, you must have a grid on which to place your answers.  Click on the folder below to see examples of the types of grids used on the new GED Mathematics Test.


    3. Alternate Grids

Take a few minutes and think about what these changes will mean in the classroom.  List 3 things you can do to assist your teachers in preparing for the new Mathematics Test?  Post your responses to the bulletin board.
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This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

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