{"id":336,"date":"2011-04-18T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.camosun.ca\/martinbuck\/?p=336"},"modified":"2011-04-18T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:35:09","slug":"essential-skills-for-fundamental-and-intermediate-math-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/essential-skills-for-fundamental-and-intermediate-math-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Skills for Fundamental and Intermediate Math Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of my 2011 Schedule (Faculty) Development time, I&#8217;m looking at linking <a href=\"http:\/\/camosun.ca\/learn\/calendar\/current\/web\/math.html\">Camosun&#8217;s<\/a> Fundamental Math (021 through 039) and Intermediate Math (052 through 057) learning outcomes to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/workplaceskills\/LES\/index.shtml\">Human Resources and Skills Development Canada&#8217;s (HRSDC) numeracy essential skills<\/a>. The former are  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aved.gov.bc.ca\/abe\/docs\/handbook.pdf\">provincially articulated here in British Columbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some other resources that may prove to be helpful are available below.<\/p>\n<h3>Google Essential Skills Fundamental Math<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literacy.ca\/?q=literacy\/literacyprofessionals\/eskills\">The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itabc.ca\/Page1033.aspx\">BC industry training authority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marrek.com\/tips\/articles\/Essential%20Skills%20Booklet.pdf\">Essential Skills &#8212; A guide for employers in Hamilton, Ontario<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca\/englishexpress\/pdf\/LiteracyandEssentialSkillsOnlineResourcesExtendedVersion.pdf\">Government of Alberta Literacy and Essential Skills Online Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwcc.bc.ca\/Programs\/Print\/PrinterVersion.cfm?Program=ESWK\">Northwest Community College&#8217;s Essential Skills for Work (ESWK)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Essential Skills Numeracy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quillnet.org\/public_education\/facts_about\/essential_skills.pdf\">Facts about Essential Skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/barrettrose.com\/ImprovingCorporateHiring\/index.php\/2010\/06\/the-essential-skill-of-numeracy\/\">Improving your Corporate Hiring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrsdc.gc.ca\/eng\/workplaceskills\/essential_skills\/pdfs\/assessment\/numeracy_indicator.pdf\">HRSDC&#8217;s Numeracy Indicator &#8212; A guide for employers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeupgradingon.ca\/current\/definitions\/ESdefinitions.pdf\">Defining Essential Skills<\/a> prepared for the Ontario College Sector Committee on Adult Upgrading. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/srv212.services.gc.ca\/iHost13\/Exam.aspx?sid=f8eeb962-4b7e-4e47-94b2-8d51da5580bf&amp;lc=eng&amp;iffsappid=ESAT-iHost&amp;iffssid=3f241c88-f956-41d2-abaf-1217d73ce7f1\">HRSDC&#8217;s Essential Skills Indicator: Numeracy Level 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conestogac.on.ca\/caa\/skills\/skills.jsp\">Conestoga College&#8217;s Essential Skills: What are they?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Language Benchmark&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nald.ca\/library\/learning\/cclb\/numeracy\/numeracy.pdf\">On the Job: The Essential Skill of Numeracy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is clearly missing is a link between Open Educational Resources and Essential Skills. A google on those terms brings up mostly references to things I&#8217;ve written on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of my 2011 Schedule (Faculty) Development time, I&#8217;m looking at linking Camosun&#8217;s Fundamental Math (021 through 039) and Intermediate Math (052 through 057) learning outcomes to the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada&#8217;s (HRSDC) numeracy essential skills. The former are provincially articulated here in British Columbia. Some other resources that may prove to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/essential-skills-for-fundamental-and-intermediate-math-learners\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Essential Skills for Fundamental and Intermediate Math Learners<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,14],"tags":[104,42,44],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essential-skills","category-mathematics","category-open-educational-resources","tag-essential-skills","tag-math","tag-oer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.lwebs.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}