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16.00 Credits
This course helps students to develop the confidence and test taking skills necessary for a strong performance on the American College Testing (ACT) exam required by colleges and universities across the nation. This course is necessary for any college-bound student. The course includes a review of English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science. Practice tests will also be given. 1.600 Continuing Education Units 16.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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20.00 Credits
This course Writing Skills and Knowledge application questions assess the examinee's ability to help students use prewriting to generate and organize ideas; identify a thesis statement, writing focused and organized paragraphs, and writing a conclusion; editing written documents for clarity, grammar, sentence integrity, word usage, punctuation, and spelling. The Writing Skills and Knowledge application questions are typically based on classroom scenarios in which students are planning, composing, revising, or editing documents written for a variety of purposes. Some questions are concerned with aspects of the writing process, the full range of activities used when composing written documents. 2.000 Continuing Education Units 20.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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20.00 Credits
This course Reading Skills and Knowledge application questions measure the examinee s ability to understand, interpret, and analyze a wide range of text. Questions are based on reading passages, graphs, charts, and tables drawn from a variety of subject areas and real-life situations. The questions assess the examinee's ability to identify the main idea or primary purpose; identify supporting ideas; identify how a reading selection is organized; determine the meanings of words or phrases in context; draw inferences or implications for directly stated content; determine whether information is presented as fact or opinion; interpret information from tables, diagrams, charts, and graphs. 2.000 Continuing Education Units 20.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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3.00 Credits
The Math Skills and Knowledge questions that assess the examinee s knowledge of mathematical concepts and ability to apply them to abstract and real-life situations. The text questions do not require knowledge of advanced-level mathematics vocabulary. Examinees may not use calculators. Three categories of math skills are tested: Number Sense and Basic Algebra. Perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, decimals; recognize multiplication as repeated addition and division; recognize and interpret mathematical symbols; understand the definition of basic terms such as sum, difference, product, quotient, numerator, denominator, recognize the position of numbers in relation to each other; recognize equivalent forms of a number; demonstrate knowledge of place value for whole and decimal numbers; compute percentages; demonstrate knowledge of order of operation ; use mental math to solve problems; solve word problems; solve one-step single-variable linear equations; identify what comes next in a sequence of numbers; geometry and measurement; represent time and money, convert between units or measures in the same system; identify basic geometrical shapes, and data analysis. 2.000 Continuing Education Units 20.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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20.00 Credits
This course is to prepare teacher assistant paraprofessionals and those with college credits desiring employment as a public school educator to successfully obtain a passing scored on the ParaPro Assessment exam. The exam consists of 90 multiple-choice questions across the three subject areas of reading, mathematics, and writing. The Reading Skills and Knowledge application questions measure the examinee s ability to understand, interpret, and analyze a wide range of questions from reading passages, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables drawn from a variety of subject areas and real-life situations. The Math Skills and Knowledge questions assess the examinee s knowledge of mathematical concepts and ability to apply them to abstract and to real-life situations. The test questions do not require knowledge of advanced-level mathematics vocabulary. Examinee's ability to help students use prewriting to generate and organize ideas; identify and use appropriate reference materials; draft and revise including composing or refining a thesis statement, writing focused and organized paragraphs, and writing a conclusion; editing written documents for clarity, grammar, sentence integrity, word usage, and punctuation. 2.000 Continuing Education Units 20.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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7.00 Credits
The Praxis I Exam preparation workshop focuses on the reading, grammar, impromptu writing and math abilities required for the successful completion of the Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST*), a state requirement for teacher certification. Students will learn about the topics being tested, the types of questions typically found on the test and the strategies to use when answering the questions. 0.700 Continuing Education Units 7.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development
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12.00 Credits
This course covers the preparation and presentation skills for successful presentations. 1.200 Continuing Education Units 12.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: Supplemental Course
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40.00 Credits
This course is designed for the non-native speaker of English who possesses a mid-intermediate to advanced level of competency in spoken and written English. This course includes practice in writing, pronunciation, listening, reading, and speaking. 4.000 Continuing Education Units 40.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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1.00 Credits
This is an introductory course designed and developed to assist students who want to pursue a career in freelance writing. This course will also assist students who want to build a career in freelance writing for magazines or students who want to publish. 1.000 Continuing Education Units 10.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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10.00 Credits
This is an introductory course on becoming a more effective speaker. Public Speaking No More Fears is developed and designed to meet the needs of students who wish to overcome the fear of public speaking and improve their ability to prepare and deliver an effective speech in front of an audience. This a performance course where active participation is essential by all students. Each student will deliver five (5) timed speeches. All assignments must be completed and turned in on time. Students will be required to ask questions, comment on course content, take notes, pay attention and support fellow classmates. Students will need at least two (2) high-quality 90-minute audiocassette tapes, one pack of 4x6 note cards, a notebook or folder to hold speech outlines, track weekly progress and assignments. 1.000 Continuing Education Units 10.000 Lecture hours Levels: Continuing Education Schedule Types: Lecture Continuing Education College Continuing Education Department Course Attributes: CEU Career Development, Supplemental Course
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