By using the Paint software, from the Skills Workshop - Numeracy webpage - available at http://www.skillsworkshop.org/numeracy, the following image of the 'Numeracy Resource' page is collected and imported.
3.1-My first date accessed: 31 August 2016
3.2-Site's address: http://www.skillsworkshop.org/numeracy
3.3-What does the website offer?
On its web page, Skills workshop confirms that it provides Free Functional Skills and Skills for Life resources
The site allows users to select learning level(s) and subject area(s) in the designed boxes to find resources to suit. The site offers a convenient channel by displaying clear guidance in learning Numeracy topics and using resources. It guides that to see full details of the chosen resource, including file downloads, “more like this”, “see also” and comments, the users only need to click on the title of a resource that they are interested in.
Focusing on Numeracy, the site concentrates on dimensions and areas of Functional Maths, Number, Measures shape and space, Data handling, General numeracy / maths, Calculators, and Mental maths.
First, in the Functional Maths part, the site allows users to practise on Number, Measure, shapes, and Data handling.
Second, in the Number part, the site focuses on the areas of whole numbers, and Fraction-Decimal-Percentages. The area of whole numbers includes Place value and counting, Round, Estimate, Add, subtract, multiply, divide, Solve whole number problems, Solve problems involving algebra, Calculate ratio and proportion, and Negative number. The area of Fraction-Decimal-Percentages includes Decimals, Equivalents, Fractions, Percentages, and Solve fraction decimal & percentage.
Third, in the part of Measures shape and space, the site focuses on the areas of Common measures, and Shape and space. The area of Common measures includes Money, Time, Length, Weigh, Capacity, Temperature, and Scale drawings. The area of Shape and space includes Perimeter-area-volume, 2-D and 3-D shape, and Positional vocabulary.
Fourth, in the part of Data handling, it includes Extract and Interpret information, Collect-Organise-Represent, Averages and range, and Probability.
Finally, the site offers other areas include General numeracy/maths, Calculators, and Mental maths.
I have found this website is extremely useful because it covers a broad range of Numeracy focus areas which are also required by the ACSF.
3.4-Who might find the website useful?
Because the site delivers Numeracy Resources covering a wide range of mathematical areas, such as Functional Maths-Number-Shape and space- Data handling, therefore, the resource 3 would be useful for teachers and learners who conduct and study topics involving with the focus-areas that covered by the site. In the VET context, the site will benefit to whom involving Numeracy courses. Particularly, regarding FSK - Foundation Skills Training Package - I find that the site would be greatly useful for trainers and learners who conduct or take the three following qualifications focusing on Numeracy Foundation Skills as below.
*FSK10113 Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways
*FSK10213 Certificate I in Skills for Vocational Pathways, and
*FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways.
*FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways.
3.5-How might you use/ how have you used this website with students?
As mentioned, my key teaching areas are Business Studies, Commerce and Economics in secondary education. However, currently working as a casual teacher teaching a wide range of almost subjects in different public schools, both primary and secondary, depending on the lesson’ outcomes, I would use information from this website to tailor, design, create and generate new numeracy activities linking to my teaching topics. For example, with my view of data handling, based on the Units of competency, I would ask my students to access this webpage for the section of Data Handling. I would ask them to practise some “Thinking Activities” to complete a research by collecting and filling information for the worksheet of “Postal rate – Sending Items within the Australia” which is based on information of “Postal rate – Sending Items within the UK” for the pre-assessment of finding students' numeracy levels at the start of the course.
In the VET context, using the site in designing this activity is used, for example the unit of competency SIRXSLS002 - Follow point-of-sale procedures (Release 1) of the course of SIR20216 - Certificate II in Retail Services (Release 1).
In addition, for other relevant Units of Competency, I would set numeracy levels depending topics’ outcomes to identify their numeracy level at the start, during and end of my teaching programs.
As mentioned, this site is not the Australian base, therefore, I found that, for almost activities, the users might get its ideas then they would need to redesign activities that suit their teaching contexts and learning outcomes.
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