switch indicator for = and other issues
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I want to check where to place Nemeth switch indicators for two situations:
- when needed for an equals or < or > in an exercise or directions
- when needed for a circle to indicate placement of response.
pdf of worksheet is attached.
This is for a 4th grader, so I anticipate that the circle indicator would be used as Nemeth symbol, rather than the young student's tactile graphic cut and paste of a circle.
thanks!
Hi Margaret.
This is an interesting, and common, dilemma.The rules to follow are:
--Only the math should be done in Nemeth code.
the symbols > and < (in the first instructions)
the circle used as a sign of omission (in the first set)--If only one non-math word occurs between math symbols use the single-word switch indicator for that word.
the word "or" (in the first instructions)Which code?
--Because each numbered practice item contains a symbol which must use Nemeth,
the omission symbol in 5-7
the equals sign in 8-13
each inequality or equation should be entirely in Nemeth. The words in these math statements are part of the math problem and so are uncontracted.(Even though, within narrative, the unmodified numbers could be transcribed in UEB, because they are within an inequality or an equation that uses a Nemeth symbol, the numbers and words are transcribed in Nemeth.)
Attached is my transcription of this worksheet. The right portion of number 7 is off the screen, so I put in a general omission indicator just to show that Nemeth Code is terminated before continuing.
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