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1. Can I have an overview of what JMAP offers?The following math resources are available on this website. The resources are listed below according to the degree of flexibility the format offers.
The PDFs are ready to print/use, but are not editable and offer little flexibility. The DOCs are editable and the questions may be easily cut and paste into other Word documents. The WSs are dynamic, and questions may be added or deleted from the WSs, but the questions are not editable. JMAP's Regents-Enhanced BKs offer the greatest flexibility in creating dynamic worksheets and editing questions. The PDFs and DOCs offer many options. But to truly leverage JMAP's resources, teachers should consider using Worksheet Builder, which may be installed using a file downloaded from this site. Next teachers should replace the Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Algebra and Standardized Test Practice: Algebra libraries with JMAP's Regents-Enhanced libraries. TOP
2. How do the colors used for hyperlinks work?All hyperlinks are colored. All non-hyperlinked text is in black.
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JMAP’s Lesson Plans are intended as foundation documents for teachers who wish to develop their own lesson plans. JMAP's Lesson Plans summarize many of the big ideas associated with the various strands of mathematics covered in New York State’s Math A and Math B curricula and provide recommendations for classroom dialogue and student activities. They were developed primarily for Regents prep and review classes, but can be adapted to a variety of teaching needs. Their primary advantages are: 1) They are grounded in past Regents examinations and include problem sets taken directly from previous examinations, thus facilitating the alignment of instruction and statewide assessment; and 2) They are provided free of charge in DOC format, thus facilitating distribution and revision to suit individual teaching and learning styles. JMAP's Lesson Plans may be adapted for use with a wide variety of texts and pedagogical styles, and JMAP encourages teachers to revise them in ways that will be meaningful to their individual students and classes. JMAP's Lesson Plans may be used for any non-profit purposes including classroom instruction, curriculum development, home schooling, and teacher education courses. When appropriate, we ask only that you cite the Jefferson Math Project as a resource. All materials used in the development of these lesson plans are believed to belong to the public domain. The Jefferson Math Project promotes free distribution of high quality mathematics education resources as a matter of social justice. TOP
4. How can I use JMAP Solutions and the Answer Keys?The answer depends upon which resource and format you are using.
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5. Why don't you have copies of the Regency Competency Tests (RCT), NY State Math Tests for Grades 3-8, Math Content Specialty Tests (CST) and Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) available for download?The RCTs in all subjects are subject to strict control requirements that prevent their being copied and published. The State Math Tests, CSTs and SATs are protected by copyright law. JMAP does offer SAT Prep Exercises based upon the chapters in Amsco's Integrated Algebra textbook. TOP
6. Worksheet Builder seems to crash often. What can I do?The best advice is to save your worksheets early and often. That minimizes the amount of work you lose when Worksheet Builder crashes. JMAP has identified three scenarios that cause Worksheet Builder to crash.
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7. What are the various advantages of the four Regents exam formats?
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8. When I print certain JMAP resources, the documents are unreadable. What can I do?Printing problems can be corrected by updating your programs, installing Worksheet Builder and changing your printer's properties. Learn more by clicking here. TOP
9. I see references in JMAP to topics, subtopics and keywords. What are the topics, and could I have an example of how to use keywords?
As an example, the topic Probability is further divided into seven Math A subtopics and two Math B subtopics. Each subtopic is named using a keyword. If you want to review all the Regents questions on the subtopic, Multiplication Counting Principle, use the keyword, "Multiplication Counting Principle" to find them in JMAP's Math A Regents by Topic Book reviewing the Table of Contents under Probability. JMAP also provides worksheets with these questions ready for classroom use, named using the keyword:
JMAP also offers a worksheet with all the Regents questions and related review questions from Worksheet Builder's libraries on the same topic: RR_MULTIPLICATION_COUNTING_PRINCIPLE.WS. You can also find all the Regents questions in the Algebra library in Worksheet Builder using the keyword search string, "regentsa, multiplication counting principle" [without quotation marks]. TOP
10. What do the numbered designations of JMAP represent, such as JMAP 611?The designations of JMAP represent the number of Regents exam questions
contained in that iteration of JMAP.
* Questions added from Regents Samplers published by NYSDOE prior to first administration of exams. TOP*Actually, these questions are rarely asked of JMAP. Ed.
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