Course Title: Work with simple measurement and design
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: GEDU5943
Course Title: Work with simple measurement and design
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: City Campus
Program: C1071 - Certificate I in Work Education
Course Contact : Mandy Morrison
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254065
Course Contact Email:mandy.morrison@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
The focus of this unit is on using and making decisions about
everyday measurements, and using simple everyday language of
design to recognise and describe shapes.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBQU128 Work with simple measurement and design |
Element: |
1 Identify, compare and |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Language of shape is used orally to describe and compare |
Element: |
2 Work with and compare |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Common units of measurement and their abbreviations are |
Learning Outcomes
In this course you will explore the following topics:
knowledge that signs / prints/ symbols represent meaning
· communication skills to undertake learning and assessment
· informal and some formal language of measurement and shape
· simple addition and subtraction
Details of Learning Activities
In class learning activities will include:
Class discussions and activities
Worksheets
Out of class activities will include:
Excursions to federation Square, National Gallery and Victoria Market
Teaching Schedule
The teaching is presented in a timetable format. You will be given a timetable for your program
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment in this unit of competency is determined via a combination of assessment straegies which will include:
A project on recognising shapes
Short answer questions on measurement and shapes
Assessment Tasks
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will recieve feedback on all assessment.
Assessment task 1 - A project where you shall walk walk around RMIT campus and draw all the main shapes you see on buildings.
Assessment task 2 - You shall answer some short written questions about identifying, decribing and comparing shapes
Assessment Matrix
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