2008 GED Prep Bundle
Covers the key problem areas on the GED exam.
|  Helps students complete the requirements for the General
Education Development (GED) exam.
The programs contain a wide variety of interactive learning
activities that have been effective in mastering skills
relevant to GED success.
The bundle will familiarize students with the type of content
they will see on the exam. Lessons are self-paced and
self-correcting.
Student scores are tracked in a record management system that allows instructors and students to view results and print
reports.
"Students
really like the clues and the feedback."
-- Adult Literacy Center, Bristol, NH
2008 GED Prep
Bundle consists of the following titles:
Language Arts: Reading and Critical Thinking Skills
Language Arts: Writing Skills
Mathematics: Computation and Problem-Solving Skills
Science
Social Studies
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2008 Language Arts: Reading
and Critical Thinking Skills
Concepts covered:
- Determine main idea of passages
- Identify sequence of details in reading passages
- Draw inferences from text
- Draw conclusions by choosing salient information
from text
- Understand vocabulary from context by choosing contextual
clues
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- Increase vocabulary recognition
- Differentiate between fact and opinion
- Recall facts and details
- Write sentences using key words from text to demonstrate
comprehension
- Understand, analyze, and interpret written materials
based on work-related topics
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Language Arts: Writing Skills
Concepts covered include:
- Recognize and practice the elements of essay writing
- Use pre-writing strategies
- Organize ideas
- Write clear, descriptive sentences
- Focus writing on a central topic
- Support and elaborate on ideas with details and
facts
- Develop relationships among ideas
- Develop and organize paragraphs
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- Use and understand an effective organizational pattern
- Practice proofreading and editing
- Identify common problems in writing, usage, and
punctuation
- Analyze and revise drafts to strengthen writing
- Build writing strategies and skills for work-related
communication
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Mathematics: Computation and Problem-Solving Skills
Concepts covered include:
- Practice the basics of algebra
- Work with formulas
- Use operations with integers
- Simplify expressions
- Solve multi-step equations
- Apply algebra to solve word problems
- Break down word problems into steps
- Relate word problem language to math
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- Use key words to choose operations and set up equations
- Work with real life word problems
- Interpret information from graphs
- Analyze data tables
- Use ratios, proportions, and scales
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Science
Concepts covered include:
- Practice problem solving questions
- Develops conceptual understanding of science concepts
- Review passages with illustrated content
- Covers life science, physical science, earth science,
and space science
Social Studies
Concepts covered include:
- Measures concepts from history, geography, civics and
government, and economics
- Covers comprehension, application, analysis, and evaluation
questions
- Learn to comprehend charts, maps, tables, political cartoons
- Uses U.S. historical documents as source materials
Pricing for 2008 GED Prep Bundle
Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing
programs separately.
| Program Versions |
Price |
License
Terms |
| Home Version |
$249.00 |
Use on
one computer. Record keeping for 2 students. |
| 1 Station: Stand-alone |
$1,189.00 |
Use on
one computer. Record keeping for 42 students. |
| 5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone |
$4,129.00 |
Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers. |
| 5 Stations: Networkable |
$4,699.00 |
Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students. |
| 10 Stations: Networkable |
$8,199.00 |
Use on a network with 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students. |
| Site License |
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Use on a network with more than 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students. |
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Each of the Merit Software Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP programs in this package requires 5 to 8 MB RAM. About 150 MB hard disk space is required if all of the programs are installed. All programs also require a minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.
Try It!
The GED Prep Bundle consists of 8 separate software
programs that have been effective in preparing students for
the GED exam.
Evaluation versions of all of the programs may
be downloaded by clicking the 'Download Demo' link for the
corresponding program (each program approximately 10MB).
Language Arts: Reading and Critical Thinking Skills
Language Arts: Writing Skills
Mathematics: Computation and Problem-Solving Skills
Science
Social Studies
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