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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An intake class that assesses new students in basic skills levels and learning styles, identifies barriers to student success, and helps student understand Clark College and Basic Education.
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1.00 - 10.00 Credits
Monthly seminars conducted by various college and local professionals for the purpose of enhancing the social, personal, and academic skills of the ABE student participant.
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2.00 Credits
Reading and writing the alphabet, completion of simple forms and sentences, copying basic materials, and writing basic word sentences from dictation. Beginning class for basic skills improvement in writing for adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Writing I, students will be able to use writing for basic survival needs and for communication at a beginning literacy level.
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2.00 Credits
The use of capital letters; punctuation marks; writing addresses, lists, messages, and notes; and simple sentence construction. Second class for basic skills improvement in writing for adults who are unable to write sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Writing II, students will be able to use writing for basic survival needs and personal communications.
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2.00 Credits
Writing a variety of complete sentences, expansion of simple sentences to reflect more complex ideas, subject-verb agreement, informal letter composition, simple paragraphs, writing for personal expression using journals and other means as well as use of the dictionary and practice in completing a wide variety of forms. Third class for basic skills improvement in writing for adults who are unable to write sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE III, students will be able to compose a variety of sentences of increasing complexity and be able to construct a simple paragraph.
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2.00 Credits
Writing connected paragraphs using correct punctuation, capitalization, usage, spelling, and more sophisticated sentence structures. Fourth class for basic skills improvement in writing for adults who are unable to write sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Writing IV, students will be able to compose a variety of complex sentences correctly, write a short report, compose a resume, write a variety of formal letters, proofread, and revise writing for clarity and succinctness.
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2.00 Credits
Addition and subtraction of single digit whole numbers, comparison and ordering of whole numbers, and place value to thousands. Beginning class for basic skills improvement in math for adults who are unable to compute sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Math I, students will be able to use math for basic survival needs.
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2.00 Credits
Additional instruction in place value and whole number operations including multiplication and division, computing averages, estimation, word problems, key words, and life skill math application. Second class for basic skills improvement in math for adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Math II, students will be able to use place values and whole number operations to accomplish a variety of daily tasks.
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2.00 Credits
Operations with fractions and decimals including word problems relating to real-life applications as well as competence in using a ruler and introduction of common metric units. Third class for basic skills improvement in math for adults who are unable to compute sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Math III, students will be able to use all operations with fractions and decimals, use rulers as well as common metric measurements to solve problems in everyday life.
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2.00 Credits
Percent, ratio, proportion, simple formulas, and common measurement conversions as well as interpretation of and use of graphs and tables. Fourth class for basic skills improvement in math for adults who are unable to compute sufficiently well to meet the requirements of adult life in the United States. Upon completion of ABE Math IV, students will be able to use the above-stated operations to solve problems in everyday life.
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