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Number booklet coverDuring April 2008 Brombacher and Associates ran a four-day workshop for FET College lecturers on the assessment and remediation of the pre-requisite knowledge and skills assumed to be necessary for students to be able to study Mathematical Literacy. The workshop, presented by Aarnout Brombacher and Marc North,was attended by one lecturer from each of the 50 FET Colleges.

The workshop focussed on the use of pre-tests to determine the knowledge and skills that college students have at the start of the programme and on the teaching of the necessary knowledge and skills in those cases where the students do not have these.

Click on the "read more" link below to access the pre-test and remediation materials developed for the workshop as well as the powerpoint slide shows that supported the teaching these could be used by college lecturers in their remediation efforts.

Downloads:

Handout (44 pages): Numbers (download)

o Presentation: Order of operations (download)
o Presentation: Percentage (download)
o Presentation: Ratio (download)
o Presentation: Proportion (download)
o Presentation: Rate (download)

Handout (40 pages): Patterns and Relationships (download)

Handout (11 pages): Space, Shape and Orientation (download)

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