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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video gives learners the chance to become more familiar with decimals, fractions and percent as they relate to the eighths and sixteenths fraction families.

It includes three problems of increasing complexity. Learners are asked to pause the video while they work out the problems on their own, then restart it to see the instructor’s detailed solutions.

The instructor also offers some shortcuts to speed up common calculations. For example, based on earlier instruction, learners already know that one-eighth is equal to 0.125 or 12.5 percent. Therefore, if they need to convert three-eighths into another format, they can simply multiply 0.125 or 12.5 percent by three.

Added: 2012-06-06

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video introduces the concepts underlying the process of dividing with decimals.

The instructor narrating the video explains that division with decimals requires the use of long division, with special attention to the position of the decimal point.

He leads the learner through a series of problems, solving each one in a series of steps and offering tips to simplify the calculations.

Added: 2012-05-11

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

With this video tutorial, learners get the chance to practise the skills required to divide decimals.

The tutorial includes three division problems, each a little more complicated than the one before. Learners can pause the video while they work out the problems on their own, then restart it to see the instructor’s detailed solutions to the problems.

Added: 2012-05-11

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video tutorial introduces the concept of perimeter, the distance around an object. The instructor notes that while any object has a perimeter, he is limiting this tutorial to triangles, circles and rectangles.

For the triangle and rectangle, he simply uses a ruler to measure the length of the sides, then adds those figures together to come up with the perimeter.

However, measuring the perimeter of a circle poses a challenge. The instructor explains that the perimeter of a circle is also called its circumference and can be calculated by multiplying its diameter by pi, usually given as 3.14.

Added: 2012-07-05

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video tutorial gives learners a chance to practise their skills at calculating the perimeter of an object.

It includes three examples, involving either a rectangle, a triangle or a circle. The learner is asked to pause the video and work out the problems on his own before restarting the video to see the instructor’s solutions.

Added: 2012-07-05

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video introduces the concept of area, which the instructor explains is simply the amount of surface an object covers.

He focuses primarily on right-angle triangles, rectangles and circles, calculating the area for one example of each of those shapes.

He points out that in order to calculate the areas of those shapes, it is essential to know and remember the necessary equations.

Added: 2012-07-10

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Learners can use this video tutorial to practise their skills at calculating the area of a shape.

It includes three sample problems that involve either a rectangle, a triangle or a circle. The learner is asked to pause the video to work out the problems on his own and then restart it to see the instructor’s solutions.

Added: 2012-07-10

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video tutorial provides an introduction to the concept of volume in geometry. The instructor explains that volume is the amount of space an object takes up. For example, the amount of space available for storage inside a box is the volume of that box.

Volume is always measured in cubic units and involves calculations that include the three dimensions of length, width and height.

To illustrate the concept, the instructor uses various calculations based on the hypothetical case of a manufacturer who must figure out the size of the boxes he will need to ship his products.

Added: 2012-07-16

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Series: Learning on Demand: Numeracy - The Basics - Video Tutorials

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

This video tutorial gives learners the chance to practise their skills at calculating the volume of rectangular solids.

It includes three problems, all based on a rectangular box. The learner is asked to pause the video, work out the problems, and then restart the video to see the instructor’s detailed solutions.

Added: 2012-07-16

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Essential Skills and RPL Certification for Advisors/Counsellors

Series: Igniting the Power Within - Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Authors: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)

Igniting the Power Within (ITPW) is a series of certification workshops on Essential Skills (ES) and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) for Aboriginal communities.

This document, the first in a series of four, is the curriculum for a two-day workshop for advisers and counsellors who want to plan and implement ITPW certification training in their communities.

By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to explain the concept of the nine Essential Skills; connect community priorities with ES training needs; identify and contact provincial ES coordinators; explain the concept of RPL; interview clients and learners to identify prior learning from both formal and informal situations; and explain how informal learning is transferable from one job setting to another.

The authors have included a detailed workshop agenda; instructions for facilitators; a discussion of best practices; interactive exercises; and handouts from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) about Essential Skills.

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Added: 2012-04-17

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