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DAG 1020 - Technology Foundations


Clock Hours: 30

Course Description:

Technology Foundations is designed to enhance and/or develop language and mathematical skills that serve as a foundation for Industrial Maintenance and are necessary for employment in the technical workforce. Students will develop problem-solving skills, enhance communication skills, and will be encouraged to become independent thinkers.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Course Competencies:

Applied Math

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of business math terminology.
  • Define business math terms.
  • Demonstrate correct use of business math terms.
  1. Demonstrate proficiency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, decimals, percentages, and fractions.
  • Skills include: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and the division of  whole numbers, decimals, percentages, and fractions.

Locating Information

  1. The learner shall be able to analyze and interpret visual representations of data; understand and use the different types of graphical depictions of information; select relevant information from simple documents with little distractions; utilize a flowchart or other graphical data to make an informed decision.
     
  2. Specific skill application will include:
    • Using the graph’s labels and scales to interpret data
    • Producing a graph to show given data
    • Correctly labeling components of a pie chart
    • Utilizing a bar graph to draw comparisons ofdata
    • Using given information to complete forms

Reading for Information

  1. Students will be assessed on their ability to recognize, understand, and apply workplace information presented in an audio format.
  2. Specific skills include:
  • Identifying main ideas or main details that are explicitly stated
  • Understanding simple instructions
  • Recognizing straightforward, concrete statements and answering questions about directly stated main points and details
  • Understanding straightforward multi-step instructions
  • Infering the meaning of one or two words based on context
  • Identifying main points and details in new or unfamiliar spoken contexts
  • Determining cause & effect relationships given specific context clues.