This course is designed to help students learn basic computation using whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percents. This is an integrated reading and writing course. It is designed for students who need to develop and improve basic skills with composing and comprehending written texts and with meeting the demands of a college classroom. The course focuses on reading and writing as processes, and attention is given to spelling and vocabulary development. Assignments and exercises focus on current events and issues relevant to the students lives.
Attention is given to learning and study skills throughout the course.
This course is designed to help students develop and consolidate skills in the arithmetic of whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and percents, focusing on the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As well, students will develop the ability to use appropriate strategies in applying arithmetic to the solution of practical problems, including specific use of proportion as a technique. Other topics include metric measurement, interpreting graphs and tables, and perimeter, area and volume of simple, common geometric figures and forms. This course is designed for adults needing to improve their spelling skills. Students will study specific skills such as recognizing basic affixes and roots, applying appropriate rules and generalizations and distinguishing homonym spellings.