This course is designed to help adults develop personal math skills. Fundamental Level 1 Mathematics will give students a strong foundation of basic skills, concepts, mathematical vocabulary, and problem solving strategies to prepare them to meet personal, career or further academic goals.
Hours: 60 (Seminars/Tutorials Hours: 60)
Total Weeks: 20
Prerequisites:
Completion of CCP Math Assessment
Non-Course Prerequisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
- Number Operations & Applications
- Patterns, Functions & Relations
- Real Life Applications
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Skills and Strategies for Learning
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain or use examples of keywords: digit, place value, rounding, estimating, greater than, less than, equal, not equal, odd , even, zero, horizontal, vertical, operation, sum, difference, addition, subtraction, increase , decrease
- Identify place value to 100
- Recognize vertical and horizontal format for adding and subtracting
- Read and write digits 0 to 9
- Count to 100
- Read and write whole numbers to 100
- Compare and order whole numbers to 100
- Add whole numbers whose sum is 20 or less without carrying
- Subtract whole numbers that are 20 or less, without borrowing/trading in
- Round whole numbers to the nearest 10
- Use and apply patterns (shapes, letter and numbers)
- Count by 2‘s; 5‘s; 10‘s; up to 100
- Recognize coins and their values
- Show the relationship between manipulatives and numbers to 20
- Estimate (ex. 'It takes me about an hour to get to work in the morning')
- Use estimation in situations such as transportation and time management (ex. estimating commuting time per day)
- Apply addition (to 20) to one step word problems in real life situations
- Apply subtraction (20 or less) to one step word problems in real life situations
- Explain or use examples of keywords: Rectangle, square, triangle, circle, perimeter
- Identify rectangle, square, triangle, circle
- Recognize am/pm clock notation
- Recognize common base time units and their relationship to each other (seconds to minutes, etc)
- Apply logical thinking to math operations
- Use critical thinking skills
- Give and receive help in a respectful manner
- Organize work, with help, for easy access
- Work independently for short periods of time
- Receive feedback and respond appropriately
- Identify personal short-term numeracy goals
- Ask for help appropriately
- Recognize personal learning strengths
- Recognize math anxiety
- Use strategies to manage math anxiety
- Locate information in a text book with help
- Manage frustrations of learning
Grading System: Other
Passing Grade: Master of Learning Outcomes.
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Additional Course Information:
Individually paced learning. In assessment, it may be determined that some of the outcomes have already been met. In this case, students will focus on the outcomes which still need to be achieved.
Textbooks:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current book lists.