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Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Mathematics Student Self-Study Workbook
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Mathematics Student Self-Study Workbook
by Show What You Know Publishing
Show What You Know On The OGT, Mathematics by Rosemary Garmann and Jolie S. Brams…
$16.95
This is a 253-page softbound workbook to help 10th grade students assess what they’ve already learned about mathematics in their academic careers and where they need to focus their reviews to better prepare for the Ohio Graduation Test. The first two chapters address “test anxiety” and test-taking strategies to help students prepare emotionally and psychologically for this major hurdle to graduation. The information helps students analyze their own emotions and those of their friends, so they can better deal with the stress of testing. The chapter on test-taking strategies includes advice on using the OGT calculator – an important tool for the math portion of the test.
Advice to help students understand the math OGT follows the section on strategies. It includes a general introduction and Ohio’s Academic Content Standards for 9th and 10th grade students. All the standards, benchmarks and grade-level indicators that students should master before facing the OGT are included. This chapter also includes a chart and scoring information to show what types of questions are on the test and how they are weighted in the overall score. It concludes with a reference sheet of important math formulas that is similar to the one students are permitted to use during the actual OGT.
A 152-page math tutorial makes up the “center-cut meat” of the workbook and includes a variety of multiple-choice, short-answer and extended-response questions, each earmarked to a specific Ohio academic benchmark/grade level. Answers to tutorial questions are found at the bottom of each page, along with an analysis of why correct answers are right and incorrect answers are wrong.
Two OGT practice test'>OGT practice tests (each with 40 questions) concludes the workbook. These tests mimic what students will encounter on the “real thing” and are designed to familiarize them with the OGT style of questioning. A skills chart that incorporates the answer key, along with benchmarks and keywords, follows each practice test. A correlation chart to help users identify individual areas that need improvement comes at the end of the book.
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Mathematics Student Self-Study Workbook
Editors’ Review:
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Mathematics Student Self-Study Workbook
Pluses – Like other workbooks in this series, the content is directed more at assessing what students have already learned rather than simply prepping them for the OGT itself. It also allows a measure of self analysis so that students can determine where they need to focus review efforts. The chapters on “test anxiety” and test-taking tips and hints are extremely helpful and clearly directed at a teenage audience. They are loaded with good, common-sense advice and are unique to this series of study guides.
The tutorial is a quick read. Finding the answers and analysis at the bottom of the page in smaller type also helps users avoid rifling through the book looking for a key. Identifying the question to a benchmark clarifies the concept for students. A secondary purpose of the tutorial is to serve as a confidence builder. After completing it, many students may be surprised to find they are more prepared than they thought.
Minuses – Like others in this series of study guides, the math workbook has been “compiled” rather than “written.” The introductory text is virtually a mirror of that found in the others. The “test anxiety” and test-taking strategies chapters, authored by Dr. Brams, are also identical. Garmann, a veteran Ohio educator and consultant, formulated the math tutorial and practice tests, which are original work.
Like other workbooks in this series, this study guide covers a lot of ground and includes more than 150 questions. While it purports to be one students can use on their own, the collection of detailed text and charts need the guidance of a professional educator. Few students would be able to tackle a manuscript this extensive on their own.
The book is heavy on text and except for the tutorial section is slow reading. It’s unlikely most students would use the correlation chart at the end, unless assisted by a teacher.
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