DVS 011: Basic Skills Review

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Class Program
Basic Education for Adults (BEdA)
The main goal of this course is to assist students to improve their reading/writing, math, listening/speaking and employability skills in order to earn a high school diploma or pass the official GED tests. To enroll in the Basic Skills Program, students must be at least 16 years old. For the HS21 program, students must be 21 years old or older. (Formerly: DVS 011, 012, 013, 014, 020, 021)

Prerequisites

This course is designed for students with a CASAS score below 235 in reading and/or math.
Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

Reading/Writing: Students will be able to answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how and recount major details that support the main idea of a text. In a text describe how reasons support specific points the author is trying to make. Mathematical Skills: Represent and solve math problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of whole numbers. Students will be able to identify place values in numbers up to 1,000. Listening/Speaking Skills: Require students to develop a range of useful communication skills, to learn to work together and listen carefully to ideas of others. Read orally and write numbers up to a thousand. Employability Skills: Student will be able to complete basic work forms, such as timecards, inventory sheets, job applications with personal information and take telephone messages for other employees
Course Content Outline
Level Instruction will be based on student CASAS scores and College and Career Readiness Standards. These skills and strategies may be contextualized in GED activities or HS21 coursework.
  1. Identify the main idea of a text and give key details to support the main idea.
  2. Know and use text features (captions, bold print, glossaries, and index) to locate information in a text.
  3. Identify the writer’s main purpose of a text and give student’s own opinion of the ideas presented.
  4. Math Skills: Demonstrate knowledge of base-10 notation, add and subtract to 1,000, multiplication and division of whole numbers to 100.
  5. Solve math problems involving fractions and describe the whole as halves, thirds, and fourths.
  6. Use standard units of measure for length, time, liquid volume, and mass to solve math problems.
  7. In large numbers, read and identify the place value of digits.
  8. Practice filling out a simple accident report and follow written or verbal instructions to complete a simple task.
  9. Communicate with coworkers and follow simple instruction.
  10. Participation in mock job interviews and fill out personal information on job applications.
  11. Ask and answer questions, such as who, what, where, when, and why to demonstrate understanding of a text or a conversation.
  12. Correctly write personal checks and the dollar amount written out.