2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
|
|
|
A department prefix is used to identify courses offered at Pierce College. Click on link for a list of prefixes for each department: Course Prefixes
|
| |
Accounting |
| |
-
ACCT 101 Survey of Accounting (5 credits)
Formerly ACCNT 101
Course Description
Fundamental theories and concepts of accounting. Emphasizes applications of accounting information to various career programs such as Management and Computer Information Systems.
Student Outcomes
1. Define accounting and its role in the business world.
2. Analyze, journalize, and post transactions using a double-entry accounting system in a sole proprietorship.
3. Perform basic accounting tasks such as adjusting and closing entries in accordance with prevalent accounting practice and GAAP(Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
4. Generate end-of-period worksheets and statements.
5. Explain professional ethics in accounting and demonstrate ethical behavior as accounting and bookkeeping tasks are performed.
|
| |
-
ACCT 131 QuickBooks (5 credits)
Prerequisite or with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
A foundational course in processing business transactions using QuickBooks software. Course covers creating and working with company files, transaction processing and banking.
Student Outcomes
1. Navigate QuickBooks files
2. Customize QuickBooks files for individual businesses
3. Process daily business transactions in QuickBooks
4. Create financial reports for businesses using QuickBooks functions
|
| |
-
ACCT 136 Excel for Accounting (5 credits)
Prerequisite or with a grade of at least 2.0.
Course Description
Learn how to use Excel to record journal entries, financial statements, inventory costing, bank reconciliations, and payroll registers. Data analysis tools will be introduced to perform budgeting and cost analysis.
Student Outcomes
Use Excel tools to complete the accounting cycle.
Calculate inventory cost under different methods by using analysis tools in Excel such as data bars and pivot tables.
Prepare data that is used in establishing and verifying backup documentation for audit trails.
Use built-in functions of Excel to determine depreciation, depletion, amortization, and impairment expense for Balance Sheet accounts.
Design Excel spreadsheets, tables, and graphs to effectively communicate accounting records.
Use Excel to conduct budgeting and cost analyses using vertical and horizontal analyses on financial statements.
|
| |
-
ACCT 150 Introduction to Accounting and Bookkeeping I (5 credits)
Prerequisite or with a grade of at least 2.0.
Course Description
Introduction to basic accounting concepts and procedures. Recording transactions and applying the accounting cycle to prepare financial statements for the sole proprietor for service enterprises.
Student Outcomes
1. Demonstrate an understanding of accounting and bookkeeping career opportunities.
2. Define accounting terminology and concepts for sole proprietorships.
3. Make use of accounting procedures used by sole proprietorships when recording business transactions.
4. Classify and record transactions in accordance with standard accounting procedures and / or GAAP.
5. Perform basic accounting tasks such as adjusting and closing entries in accordance with prevalent accounting practice and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
6. Prepare basic financial statements.
7. Interpret elements of basic financial statements for sole proprietorships and partnerships.
8. Define professional ethics in accounting and demonstrate ethical behavior as accounting and bookkeeping tasks are performed.
|
| |
-
ACCT 151 Introduction to Accounting and Bookkeeping II (5 credits)
Prerequisite with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
A continuation of the study accounting concepts and procedures. Accounting procedures for merchandising businesses and partnerships. Basics of accounting for corporations.
Student Outcomes
1. Define accounting terminology and concepts for partnerships and corporations.
2. Apply accounting procedures used by partnerships and corporations when recording business transactions.
3. Record and adjust transactions and prepare financial statements for merchandising entities.
4. Analyze elements of income statements, balance sheets, and statements of retained earnings for corporations.
5. Demonstrate ethical behavior as accounting and bookkeeping tasks are performed.
|
| |
-
ACCT 179 Federal Income Tax Preparation (5 credits)
Formerly ACCNT 179
Course Description
Federal income tax law and preparation with primary emphasis on individual income tax.
Student Outcomes
1. Demonstrate understanding of the purpose and theory of Federal tax law.
2. Explain concepts of basic tax planning for individuals
3. Identify elements of taxable income.
4. Analyze adjustments to gross income.
5. Differentiate between categories of allowed deductions.
6. Describe tax credits available to individual taxpayers.
|
| |
-
ACCT 180 Accounting with Sage 50 (5 credits)
Formerly ACCNT 180
Prerequisite or with at least a 2.0 grade, and or with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
Students will learn about managing and processing financial data in a computerized accounting system using Sage50 software.
Student Outcomes
1. Describe the functions of an accounting information system in a business.
2. Analyze and describe the transactions processing cycles for service, merchandising, and business.
3. Given various situations, select appropriate procedures for assuring the integrity of the accounting data in a computerized accounting information system.
4. Demonstrate appropriate procedures to store, back up, and restore data in a computerized accounting information system.
6. Process service and merchandising business transactions through a commercial computerized integrated accounting program.
|
| |
-
ACCT 275 Payroll and Business Taxes (5 credits)
Formerly ACCNT 275
Prerequisite or with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
Payroll preparations, payroll tax laws, accounting procedures and supplemental records. Preparation of required returns for federal and state payroll and business taxes (including manual and computerized payroll problems).
Student Outcomes
1. Determine taxable wages.
2. Calculate payroll taxes.
3. Demonstrate understanding of and apply laws applicable to the area of payroll.
4. Create bookkeeping entries associated with payroll activity.
5. Describe supplementary records required for payroll activity.
6. Prepare federal, state and local payroll tax filings.
7. Determine taxable business activity for state and local reporting.
8. Compile tax reports for state and local taxing authorities.
|
| |
-
ACCT 276 Nonprofit Management and Reporting (5 credits)
Prerequisite with at least a 2.0 grade.
Course Description
This course provides the fundamentals of financial management and reporting requirements for not-for-profit organizations and the rules and regulations covering them.
Student Outcomes
1. Explain the development and purpose of the nonprofit sector.
2. Summarize the regulatory and reporting requirements for nonprofit entities.
3. Describe funding and financial management issues specific to nonprofits.
4. Identify quality control and risk management factors in nonprofit entities.
|
| |
-
ACCT 287 Income Tax Practicum (3 credits)
Formerly ACCNT 287
Prerequisite with at least a 1.5 grade.
Course Description
Training in the preparation of the basic income tax forms and preparation of actual tax returns under the auspices of an approved mentorship program such as the AARP Tax-Aide program.
Student Outcomes
1. Analyze client documents to determine proper classification of reportable items.
2. Evaluate the appropriateness of gross income exclusions on individual tax returns.
3. Identify allowed tax deductions and credits.
4. Calculate tax owed on individual tax returns.
|
| |
-
ACCT& 201 Principles of Accounting I (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled General Transfer Elective
Formerly BUS 210 - CCN
Prerequisite or with a grade of at least 2.0.
Course Description
First accounting course required for students transferring to a four-year school to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Covers basic accounting concepts and procedures with a focus on financial statement preparation.
Student Outcomes
1.Explain the language of business and explore the role of accounting in business decision making.
2.Explain the historic and regulatory framework of accounting.
3.Differentiate between three main business entities: sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporation entities and the accounting implications for each.
4.Prepare the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Owners’ Equity and explain how they are connected.
5.Differentiate between the cash and accrual bases of accounting.
6.Analyze and record business transactions including adjusting entries for merchandising and service entities.
7.Communicate the characteristics of an effective system of internal control for cash receipts and payments.
|
| |
-
ACCT& 202 Principles of Accounting II (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled General Transfer Elective
Formerly BUS 220 - CCN
Prerequisite with a grade of at least 2.0.
Course Description
Second accounting course typically required of students transferring to a four-year school to obtain a bachelors degree in business administration. Covers partnerships, bonds, corporations, cash flow statements, and financial statement analysis.
Student Outcomes
1.Identify issues associated with accounting for short-term investments and receivables.
2.Analyze the various inventory methods and identify both income and tax effects
3.Classify the costs of long-term and intangible assets, and allocate these costs using depreciation/depletion/amortization
4.Explain accounting for current and contingent liabilities.
5.Evaluate transactions affecting stockholders’ equity and assess their impact on the financial statements.
6.Categorize bond and equity investments and assess their implications for corporate financing.
7.Discuss the importance of developing professional judgment, with an emphasis on how
it informs accounting for long-term assets and liabilities.
8.Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows and analyze its relationship with the Income
Statement and Balance Sheet.
9.Evaluate corporate annual reports using financial statement analysis.
|
| |
-
ACCT& 203 Principles of Accounting III (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled General Transfer Elective
Formerly BUS 230 - CCN
Prerequisite with a grade of at least 2.0.
Course Description
An introduction into the field of managerial accounting. Survey of process and job order costs, budgeting, cash planning, capital budgeting, present value, and other topics.
Student Outcomes
1.Identify fixed and variable and mixed costs and how their behaviors differ and develop understanding of methodology for estimating costs.
2. Differentiate between product costs and period costs manufacturing.
3. Demonstrate short-run decision-making techniques such as Cost-Volume-Profit analysis and incremental analysis.
4. Explain how traditional income statements and contribution margin income statements differ.
5. Compare and contrast process and job costing and explain their applicability to service and manufacturing businesses.
6. Construct a master budget for a service business.
7. Explain standard costing and variance analysis.
8. Differentiate between absorption costing and variable costing systems.
|
Adult Basic Education |
| |
-
ABE 010 Beginning ABE Literacy Reading 1 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn phonics and language patterns, interpreting signs, symbols and labels, and alphabetizing.
Student Outcomes
1. Reading
R1.1 Decode and recognize everyday words and word groups in short, simple texts by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules (decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns), using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
R1.2 Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print, letter shapes, letter names and sounds (individual consonants and vowels, digraphs and blends), and simple, everyday content knowledge and common vocabulary in simple sentences.
R1.3 Locate important items of information in texts.
R1.4 Monitor accuracy of decoding and word recognition and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading, restating, copying and rephrasing text; making a list of new words, or using a picture dictionary.
R1.5 Recall prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
2. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 011 Beginning ABE Literacy Writing 1 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure and paragraph structure.
Student Outcomes
1.
W1.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W1.2 Follow a highly structured, externally developed plan (or text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
W1.3 Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple, everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc) and simple phrases to convey information with minimal attention to audience. Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary to produce several sentences on a familiar topic.
W1.4 Make a few simple content changes based on review and feedback from others.
W1.5 Make a few simple edits of handwriting, spelling, punctuation and capitalization
2. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 012 Beginning ABE Literacy - Math 1 (1 to 6 credits
Course Description
Designed for students to learn identification, ordering, adding, and subtracting of whole numbers.
Student Outcomes
1.
M1.1 Read, write, and interpret very simple types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers (three digit numbers), common monetary values, and benchmark fractions (1/2, 1/4).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: very simple patterns, commonly-used denominations/groupings (2s, 5s, 10s); mathematical relationships – more, less, larger, smaller, left, right, heavier, longer.
Space/Shape/Measurement: high frequency standard units of measurement (pounds, feet, months, weeks, days, minutes, hours), and concepts of geometric shape, length and width.
Data/Statistics: very simple ways to interpret and represent data (checksheets, picture graphs,) emphasizing frequency of occurrence.
M1.2 Recall and use a few simple mathematical procedures such as very basic estimating, counting, sorting, ordering, grouping, adding on (using counting or a calculator), orally counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, addition and subtraction and beginning multiplication.
M1.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M1.4 Extract discrete information from simple and concrete data and graphs, describe patterns, and/or use basic computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M1.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in role plays, with pictures, or by entries on a simple chart.
2. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 013 Beginning ABE Literacy - Reading/Writing 1 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W1.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W1.2 Follow a highly structured, externally developed plan (or text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
W1.3 Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple, everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone numbers, addresses, prices, etc) and simple phrases to convey information with minimal attention to audience. Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary to produce several sentences on a familiar topic.
W1.4 Make a few simple content changes based on review and feedback from others.
W1.5 Make a few simple edits of handwriting, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.
2. Reading
R1.1 Decode and recognize everyday words and word groups in short, simple texts by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules (decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying firs and las sounds, recognizing simple rhyming words patterns), using picture ads, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
R1.2 Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print, letter shapes, letter names and sounds (individual consonants and vowles, digraphs and blends), and simple, everyday content knowledge and common vocabulary in simple sentences.
R1.3 Locate important items of information in texts.
R1.4 Monitor accuracy of decoding and word recognition and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading, restating, copying and rephrasing text; making a list of new words, or using a picture dictionary.
R1.5 Recall prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
3. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 014 Beginning ABE Literacy - Integrated 1 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W1.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W1.2 Follow a highly structured, externally developed plan (or text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
W1.3 Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple, everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc) and simple phrases to convey information with minimal attention to audience. Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary to produce several sentences on a familiar topic.
W1.4 Make a few simple content changes based on review and feedback from others.
W1.5 Make a few simple edits of handwriting, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.
2. Reading
R1.1 Decode and recognize everyday words and word groups in short, simple texts by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules (decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns), using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
R1.2 Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print, letter shapes, letter names and sounds (individual consonants and vowels, digraphs and blends), and simple, everyday content knowledge and common vocabulary in simple sentences.
R1.3 Locate important items of information in texts.
R1.4 Monitor accuracy of decoding and word recognition and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading, restating, copying and rephrasing text; making a list of new words, or using a picture dictionary.
R1.5 Recall prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
3. Mathematics
M1.1 Read, write, and interpret very simple types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers (three digit numbers), common monetary values, and benchmark fractions (1/2, 1/4).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: very simple patterns, commonly-used denominations/groupings (2s, 5s, 10s); mathematical relationships – more, less, larger, smaller, left, right, heavier, longer.
Space/Shape/Measurement: high frequency standard units of measurement (pounds, feet, months, weeks, days, minutes, hours), and concepts of geometric shape, length and width.
Data/Statistics: very simple ways to interpret and represent data (checksheets, picture graphs,) emphasizing frequency of occurrence.
M1.2 Recall and use a few simple mathematical procedures such as very basic estimating, counting, sorting, ordering, grouping, adding on (using counting or a calculator), orally counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, addition and subtraction and beginning multiplication.
M1.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M1.4 Extract discrete information from simple and concrete data and graphs, describe patterns, and/or use basic computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M1.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in role plays, with pictures, or by entries on a simple chart.
4. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 020 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Reading 2 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn phonics and language patterns, identifying a paragraph’s main ideas, cause and effect relationships, alphabetizing, reading and interpreting signs, symbols and abbreviations, and following instructions.
Student Outcomes
1. Reading
R2.1 Decode and recognize everyday and some unfamiliar words in short text by drawing on content knowledge, oral vocabulary and sight words, breaking words into parts for the purpose of aiding decoding and comprehension, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R2.2 Demonstrate familiarity with simple, everyday content knowledge and vocabulary.
R2.3 Locate important items of information in simplified text using some simple strategies.
R2.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading, restating, recalling, copying and rephrasing text; or using a simplified dictionary.
R2.5 Apply prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
2. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 021 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Writing (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraph development.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 022 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Math 2 (1 to 6 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn whole numbers, rounding, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, estimating, and real life math problems.
Student Outcomes
1. Mathematics
M2.1 Read, write, and interpret very simple types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers (three digit numbers), common monetary values, and benchmark fractions (1/2, 1/4) and percents (50%).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: very simple patterns, commonly-used denominations/groupings (5s, 10s, 25s), and very simple proportions (2:1, 1:2).
Space/Shape/Measurement: high frequency standard units of measurement (pounds, feet, quarts, gallons), geometric shapes, and concepts of length and width.
Data/Statistics: very simple ways to interpret and represent data (checksheets, picture graphs, unambiguous bar graphs, line plots) emphasizing frequency of occurrence.
M2.2 Begin to evaluate reasonableness of solutions. Add and subtract whole numbers through three digits, and multiply and divide three digit numbers by one digit numbers. Recall and use mathematical procedures such as basic estimating, counting, sorting, ordering, grouping, adding on (using counting or a calculator), and measuring length and weight using tools calibrated with whole numbers (rulers, manipulatives).
M2.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M2.4 Extract discrete information from simple and concrete data and graphs, and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M2.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in role plays, with pictures, or by entries on a simple chart.
2. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 023 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Reading/Writing 2 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Reading
R2.1 Decode and recognize everyday and some unfamiliar words in short text by drawing on content knowledge, oral vocabulary and sigh words, breaking words into parts for the purpose of aiding decoding and comprehension, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R2.2 demonstrate familiarity with simple, everyday content knowledge and vocabulary.
R2.3 Locate important items of information in simplified text using some simple strategies.
R2.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading , restating, recalling, copying and rephrasing text; or using a simplified dictionary.
R2.5 Apply prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
3. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 024 ABE Beginning Basic Education - Integrated 2 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review beginning grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W2.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W2.2 Follow a highly structured plan to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W2.3 Appropriately use familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a single paragraph to convey an idea with supporting details and examples.
W2.4 Demonstrate beginning attention to revision strategies including rereading and revising based on review and feedback from others.
W2.5 Make basic edits of grammar (verb tenses, subject/verb agreement), simple and compound sentences, capitalization, spelling and punctuation (end periods, some commas).
2. Reading
R2.1 Decode and recognize everyday and some unfamiliar words in short text by drawing on content knowledge, oral vocabulary and sight words, breaking words into parts for the purpose of aiding decoding and comprehension, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R2.2 Demonstrate familiarity with simple, everyday content knowledge and vocabulary.
R2.3 Locate important items of information in simplified text using some simple strategies.
R2.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using various strategies, such as rereading, restating, recalling, copying and rephrasing text; or using a simplified dictionary.
R2.5 Apply prior knowledge to assist in selecting texts and in understanding the information they contain.
3. Mathematics
M2.1 Read, write, and interpret very simple types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers (three digit numbers), common monetary values, and benchmark fractions (1/2, 1/4) and percents (50%).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: very simple patterns, commonly-used denominations/groupings (5s, 10s, 25s), and very simple proportions (2:1, 1:2).
Space/Shape/Measurement: high frequency standard units of measurement (pounds, feet, quarts, gallons), geometric shapes, and concepts of length and width.
Data/Statistics: very simple ways to interpret and represent data (checksheets, picture graphs, unambiguous bar graphs, line plots) emphasizing frequency of occurrence.
M2.2 Begin to evaluate reasonableness of solutions. Add and subtract whole numbers through three digits, and multiply and divide three digit numbers by one digit numbers. Recall and use mathematical procedures such as basic estimating, counting, sorting, ordering, grouping, adding on (using counting or a calculator), and measuring length and weight using tools calibrated with whole numbers (rulers, manipulatives).
M2.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M2.4 Extract discrete information from simple and concrete data and graphs, and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M2.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in role plays, with pictures, or by entries on a simple chart.
4. Goal Setting
G2.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 030 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education - Reading 3 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn vocabulary, comprehension, and the development of reading skills for personal pleasure and for workforce literacy.
Student Outcomes
1. Reading
R3.1 Decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar and specialized words and abbreviations in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R3.2 Demonstrate familiarity with common, high-interest content knowledge and related vocabulary.
R3.3 Locate important information in short to medium-length text using some simple strategies.
R3.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as posing and answering questions, recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using simple examples.
R3.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
2. Goal Setting
G3.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 031 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education - Writing 3 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review intermediate grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraph development.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W3.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W3.2 Use simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (to convey personal experience, meet a specific need, or respond to recent learning), and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W3.3 Appropriately use mostly familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a paragraph to convey ideas with several supporting details/examples reflecting some attention to audience.
W3.4 Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others. Demonstrate beginning attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice, and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W3.5 Make several simple edits of grammar (such as simple tense agreement), spelling, and punctuation (such as periods, capital letters, and some commas), sentence structure (such as compound and some complex sentences), language usage, and text structure using tools such as spelling word lists and simple editing checklists.
2. Goal Setting
G3.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 032 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education - Math 3 (1 to 6 credits
Course Description
Designed for students to learn whole numbers, decimals, percents, fractions, and real-life and workplace application of these operations.
Student Outcomes
1. Mathematics
M3.1 Read, write, and interpret some common types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers, monetary values and prices, benchmark fractions (3/4, 1/10), decimals (.25, .50, .75, .10) and percents (25%, 75%, 10%, 100%).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: simple patterns, probability and proportions (1:4, 4:1); simple decimal/fraction conversions and equivalents.
Space/Shape/Measurement: commonly used standard units of measurement, common geometric shapes, and the concept of “area”.
Data/Statistics: simple ways to interpret and represent data (tables, bar graphs with and without gridlines, line graphs and pie graphs).
M3.2 Recall and use mathematic procedures such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on whole numbers, benchmark decimals and fractions (with or without use of calculator), grouping, comparing 2 numbers, and basic estimating; and measure length, weight, and areas of standard and non-standard shapes using tools calibrated with whole numbers and benchmark fraction and decimal equivalents (rulers, manipulatives).
M3.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M3.4 Define, select, and organize simple data, and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M3.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in pictures, or in writing.
2. Goal Setting
G3.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 033 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education-Reading/Writing 3 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review intermediate grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W3.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W3.2 Use simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (to convey personal experience, meet a specific need, or respond to recent learning), and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W3.3 Appropriately use mostly familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a paragraph to convey an ideas with several supporting details/examples reflecting some attention to audience.
W3.4 Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others. Demonstrate beginning attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice, and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W3.5 Make several simple edits of grammar (such as simple tense agreement), spelling, and punctuation (such as periods, capital letters, and some commas), sentence structure (such as compound and come complex sentences), language usage, and text structure using tools such as spelling word lists and simple editing checklists.
2. Reading
R3.1 Decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar and specialized words, and abbreviations in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary.
R3.2 demonstrate familiarity with simple, everyday content knowledge and vocabulary.
R3.3 Locate important information in short to medium-length text using some simple strategies.
R3.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as posing and answering questions, recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text of using simple examples.
R3.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
3. Goal Setting
G1.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 034 ABE Low Intermediate Basic Education - Integrated 3 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review intermediate grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W3.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W3.2 Use simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (to convey personal experience, meet a specific need, or respond to recent learning), and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W3.3 Appropriately use mostly familiar vocabulary (based on personal experience and learning) and basic text structure of simple steps/instructions/commands or a paragraph to convey ideas with several supporting details/examples reflecting some attention to audience.
W3.4 Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others. Demonstrate beginning attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice, and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W3.5 Make several simple edits of grammar (such as simple tense agreement), spelling, and punctuation (such as periods, capital letters, and some commas), sentence structure (such as compound and some complex sentences), language usage, and text structure using tools such as spelling word lists and simple editing checklists.
2. Reading
R3.1 Decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar and specialized words and abbreviations in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
R3.2 Demonstrate familiarity with common, high-interest content knowledge and related vocabulary.
R3.3 Locate important information in short to medium-length text using some simple strategies.
R3.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as posing and answering questions, recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using simple examples.
R3.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
3. Mathematics
M3.1 Read, write, and interpret some common types of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: whole numbers, monetary values and prices, benchmark fractions (3/4, 1/10), decimals (.25, .50, .75, .10) and percents (25%, 75%, 10%, 100%).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: simple patterns, probability and proportions (1:4, 4:1); simple decimal/fraction conversions and equivalents.
Space/Shape/Measurement: commonly used standard units of measurement, common geometric shapes, and the concept of “area”.
Data/Statistics: simple ways to interpret and represent data (tables, bar graphs with and without gridlines, line graphs and pie graphs).
M3.2 Recall and use mathematic procedures such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on whole numbers, benchmark decimals and fractions (with or without use of calculator), grouping, comparing 2 numbers, and basic estimating; and measure length, weight, and areas of standard and non-standard shapes using tools calibrated with whole numbers and benchmark fraction and decimal equivalents (rulers, manipulatives).
M3.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M3.4 Define, select, and organize simple data, and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use computational procedures effectively to solve a problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M3.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, in pictures, or in writing.
4. Goal Setting
G3.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 040 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Reading 4 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced vocabulary and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam .
Student Outcomes
1. Reading
R4.1 Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
R4.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary.
R4.3 Locate important information, read for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R4.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
R4.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
R4.6 Organize information using some strategies, such as recall, restatement, simple sequencing and simple categorization.
2. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 041 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Writing 4 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraph development in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam .
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W4.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W4.2 Use multiple planning and pre-writing strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (such as writing to inform, to get things done, to express feelings and ideas or to persuade others) and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W4.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a limited variety of simple and complex sentence structures in multiple coherent steps or a few well-constructed and linked paragraphs to convey ideas, with several supporting facts/details/examples reflecting judgment regarding appropriate language and level of formality for the intended audience.
W4.4 Use several simple revision strategies to monitor one’s own writing, make revisions based on review and feedback from others, and produce rough and final drafts. Demonstrate some attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W4.5 Make many edits of grammar (verb tense forms), spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation), language usage and text structure, often with the help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.
2. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 042 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Math 4 (1 to 6 credits
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review fractions, decimals, percents, beginning algebra, measurement, and basic geometry math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Mathematics
M4.1 Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: monetary values, extensions of benchmark fractions (1/8, 1/3, 1/5, etc), decimals, and percents (15%, 30%, etc.).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and simple formulas (such as d=rt, a=lw); Space/Shape/Measurement: standard units of measurement including fractional units and benchmark angle measurements (90 degrees, 360 degrees, etc), geometric shapes including shapes containing a combination of common shapes, concept of pi, and concept of converting between units of measurement.
Data/Statistics: ways to interpret and represent data (tables and graphs with scaling, basic statistical concepts such as range, mode, mean, and median).
M4.2 Recall and use a good store of mathematical procedures such as estimation, rounding, multiplication and division (with and without use of a calculator), adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing common fractional amounts and decimals, measure length, weight, area and circumference using tools calibrated to varying degrees of precision and converting units of measurement as appropriate.
M4.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M4.4 Define, select and organize a variety of common mathematical data and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use appropriate procedures effectively to solve a problem and verify that the solution is reasonable.
M4.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, with visual representations, in writing, by entries in a table or appropriate graph, or with basic statistics (range, mode, mean, median).
4. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 043 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Reading/Writing 4 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W4.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W4.2 Use multiple planning and pre-writing strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (such as writing to inform, to get things done, to express feelings and ideas or to persuade others and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W4.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a limited variety of simple and complex sentence structures in multiple coherent steps or a few well-constructed and liked paragraphs to convey ideas, with several supporting facts/details/examples reflecting judgment regarding appropriate language and level of formality for the intended audience.
W4.4 Use several simple revision strategies to monitor one’s own writing, make revisions based on review and feedback from others, and produce rough and final drafts. Demonstrate some attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W4.5 Make many edits of grammar (verb tense forms), spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation), language usage and text structure, often with the help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.
2. Reading
R4.1 Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
R4.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary.
R4.3 Locate important information, read for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R4.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
R4.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
3. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 044 ABE High Intermediate Basic Education - Integrated 4 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W4.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W4.2 Use multiple planning and pre-writing strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose (such as writing to inform, to get things done, to express feelings and ideas or to persuade others) and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W4.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a limited variety of simple and complex sentence structures in multiple coherent steps or a few well-constructed and linked paragraphs to convey ideas, with several supporting facts/details/examples reflecting judgment regarding appropriate language and level of formality for the intended audience.
W4.4 Use several simple revision strategies to monitor one’s own writing, make revisions based on review and feedback from others, and produce rough and final drafts. Demonstrate some attention to clarity, descriptiveness, personal voice and appropriateness of text for the intended audience.
W4.5 Make many edits of grammar (verb tense forms), spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation), language usage and text structure, often with the help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.
2. Reading
R4.1 Recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
R4.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary.
R4.3 Locate important information, read for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R4.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
R4.5 Actively apply prior knowledge to assist in understanding information in texts.
R4.6 Organize information using some strategies, such as recall, restatement, simple sequencing and simple categorization.
3. Mathematics
M4.1 Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: monetary values, extensions of benchmark fractions (1/8, 1/3, 1/5, etc), decimals, and percents (15%, 30%, etc.).
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and simple formulas (such as d=rt, a=lw); Space/Shape/Measurement: standard units of measurement including fractional units and benchmark angle measurements (90 degrees, 360 degrees, etc), geometric shapes including shapes containing a combination of common shapes, concept of pi, and concept of converting between units of measurement.
Data/Statistics: ways to interpret and represent data (tables and graphs with scaling, basic statistical concepts such as range, mode, mean, and median).
M4.2 Recall and use a good store of mathematical procedures such as estimation, rounding, multiplication and division (with and without use of a calculator), adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing common fractional amounts and decimals, measure length, weight, area and circumference using tools calibrated to varying degrees of precision and converting units of measurement as appropriate.
M4.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M4.4 Define, select and organize a variety of common mathematical data and measure with appropriate tools, describe patterns, and/or use appropriate procedures effectively to solve a problem and verify that the solution is reasonable.
M4.5 Communicate the solution to the problem orally, with visual representations, in writing, by entries in a table or appropriate graph, or with basic statistics (range, mode, mean, median).
4. Goal Setting
G4.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 050 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Reading 5 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced reading comprehension skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam or college entry exam.
Student Outcomes
R5.1 Recognize and interpret abbreviations and specialized vocabulary.
R5.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary and with paragraph structure and document organization.
R5.3 Locate important information, read identified sections for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R5.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies.
R5.5 Evaluate prior knowledge against new information in texts to enhance understanding of the information.
R5.6 Organize and analyze information and reflect upon its meaning using a range of strategies such as classification, categorization, and comparison/contrast.
2. Goal Setting
G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 051 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Writing 5 (1 to 5 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
W5.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W5.2 Select from and use a good store of tools and strategies for overall planning and organization; outline, restate, summarize and categorize ideas and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W5.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary including abstract nouns and idioms, and a variety of sentence structures, in medium-length, coherently-linked, and detailed text with appropriate tone, language, and level of formality and in modes of organization suitable for a variety of audiences.
W5.4 Use a variety of strategies to analyze and make simple revisions (such as for clarity, organization, and descriptiveness) and to solve a few more global problems posed by the writing text (such as changes in voice or tone to take into account the needs of the audience or re-sequencing of larger pieces of text based on feedback from others).
W5.5 Undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.
2. Goal Setting
G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 052 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Math 5 (1 to 6 credits
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Mathematics
M5.1 Read, write, and interpret a wide variety of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: money/expenses/prices, percentages, decimals and fractions.
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and formulas (such as a=pr2).
Space/Shape/Measurement: units of measurement including fractional units, geometrical shapes including shapes containing a combination of common shapes, and concept of volume.
Data/Statistics: ways to interpret, represent and draw implications from data (graphs, tables, and simple forms of statistical analysis).
M5.2 Recall and use multi-step mathematical procedures (such as keeping accounts) that involve whole numbers as well as fractions, decimals, and/or percents, and measure volume using tools with different calibrations.
M5.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M5.4 Define, select, organize, and integrate mathematical information of different types in carrying out procedures, describing patterns, and/or measuring with appropriate tools to solve the problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M5.5 Create appropriate visual or graphic representations such as charts, tables, graphs, etc. and clearly communicate the solution process and results orally or in writing to a variety of audiences.
2. Goal Setting
G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 053 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Reading/Writing (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development and reading comprehension in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
1. Writing
W5.1 Determine the purpose and the audience for communicating in writing.
W5.2 Select from and use a good store of tools and strategies for overall planning and organization; outline, restate, summarize and categorize ideas and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W5.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary including abstract nouns and idioms, and a variety of sentence structures, in medium-length, coherently-linked, and detailed text with appropriate tone, language, and level of formality and in modes of organization suitable for a variety of audience.
W5.4 Use a variety of strategies to analyze and make simple revisions (such as for clarity, organization, and descriptiveness) and to solve a few more global problems posed by the writing text (such as changes in voice or tone to take into account the needs of the audience or re-sequencing of larger pieces of text based on feedback from others).
W5.5 Undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.
2. Reading
R5.1 Recognize and interpret abbreviations and specialized vocabulary.
R5.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary and with paragraph structure and document organization.
R5.3 Locate important information, read identified sections for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R5.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a wide range of strategies
R5.5 Evaluate prior knowledge against new information in texts to enhance understanding of the information.
R5.6 Organize and analyze information and reflect upon a range of strategies such as classification, categorization, and comparison/contrast.3. Goal Setting
G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
-
ABE 054 ABE Low Adult Secondary Education - Integrated 5 (1 to 15 credits)
Course Description
Designed for students to learn and/or review advanced grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paragraph development, reading comprehension and math skills in preparation for passing of the GED exam.
Student Outcomes
W5.1 Determine the purpose and audience for communicating in writing.
W5.2 Select from and use a good store of tools and strategies for overall planning and organization; outline, restate, summarize and categorize ideas and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
W5.3 Appropriately use both everyday and specialized vocabulary including abstract nouns and idioms, and a variety of sentence structures, in medium-length, coherently-linked, and detailed text with appropriate tone, language, and level of formality and in modes of organization suitable for a variety of audiences.
W5.4 Use a variety of strategies to analyze and make simple revisions (such as for clarity, organization, and descriptiveness) and to solve a few more global problems posed by the writing text (such as changes in voice or tone to take into account the needs of the audience or re-sequencing of larger pieces of text based on feedback from others).
W5.5 Undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.
2. Reading
R5.1 Recognize and interpret abbreviations and specialized vocabulary.
R5.2 Demonstrate familiarity with everyday and some specialized content knowledge and vocabulary and with paragraph structure and document organization.
R5.3 Locate important information, read identified sections for detail and determine missing information using a wide range of strategies.
R5.4 Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies.
R5.5 Evaluate prior knowledge against new information in texts to enhance understanding of the information.
R5.6 Organize and analyze information and reflect upon its meaning using a range of strategies such as classification, categorization, and comparison/contrast.
3. Mathematics
M5.1 Read, write, and interpret a wide variety of mathematical information such as
Numbers and number sense: money/expenses/prices, percentages, decimals and fractions.
Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and formulas (such as a=pr2).
Space/Shape/Measurement: units of measurement including fractional units, geometrical shapes including shapes containing a combination of common shapes, and concept of volume.
Data/Statistics: ways to interpret, represent and draw implications from data (graphs, tables, and simple forms of statistical analysis).
M5.2 Recall and use multi-step mathematical procedures (such as keeping accounts) that involve whole numbers as well as fractions, decimals, and/or percents, and measure volume using tools with different calibrations.
M5.3 Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
M5.4 Define, select, organize, and integrate mathematical information of different types in carrying out procedures, describing patterns, and/or measuring with appropriate tools to solve the problem and to verify that the solution is reasonable.
M5.5 Create appropriate visual or graphic representations such as charts, tables, graphs, etc. and clearly communicate the solution process and results orally or in writing to a variety of audiences.
4. Goal Setting
G5.1 Monitor progress on educational goals as they relate to their roles as students, workers, citizens, and family members.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Anthropology |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Art |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Astronomy |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Atmospheric Science |
| |
|
Biology |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Business |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
|
|
|
|
Print this Page