Saturday, November 11, 2017

Welcome and Course Outline

Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12 Course Outline (for self-paced students)
Welcome to self-paced Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12!

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A. You will need:
1. This handout
2. A self-paced card
3. A workbook and solutions (A and B) handout which you will buy.
4. A scientific calculator

B. Marks:

8 chapter tests  at 10% each             80%
Final exam                                        20%
                                                        100%
*You must pass the final exam to pass the course.

C. To complete Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12:
1. Do the readings and homework as assigned in the course instructions.
2. Check your answers regularly with the solutions handout.
3. When you don’t understand something, please ask a teacher in the lab.
4. Work towards really understanding the concepts and learning to apply them to a variety of
    problems. It is not enough to just memorize procedures.


D. The first chapter assignment is attached. To get other assignments:
1.  Go to Pearson ALC’s home page: www.newwestadultlearning.ca
2. Click "Adult Learning Centre site" on the left side of the page.
3. Click “Courses”
4. Click “Mathematics”
5. Click “Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 12
6. Click on Chapter 2 ”Measuring Instruments
7. Print out the Word file which has the instructions for Chapter 2.

After you have completed each chapter and the chapter test, you will go back to our website to get the instructions for the next chapter.

Good luck and don’t forget to ask teachers for help.

On the next page, record the results of your chapter tests.