ADS 313 - Essential Skills III

7.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn the basic reading, writing, and math skills needed to transition to the

GED course. Topics to be covered include reading comprehension for complex passages, content instruction in science

and social studies, essay development, critical thinking skills, basic geometry, and basic algebra.

Course Objectives:

1. demonstrate an understanding of content in social studies for level specific material,

2. demonstrate an understanding of content in science for level specific material,

3. plan and write complex paragraphs,

3. plan and write an essay,

4. demonstrate an understanding of computing math problems using fractions, decimals, and percentages; and

5. perform basic geometry and algebraic functions with an emphasis on problem solving.