The National Certificate in Adult Numeracy

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• The National Certificate in Adult Numeracy
• Level 2 Skills for Life
• Support Strategies
• Module 1
• Programme overview
• and taster session

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Course aim

• To enable participants to brush up and
  consolidate personal numeracy skills at Level 2,
  explore Skills for Life support strategies and
  gain the National Certificate in Adult Numeracy
  at Level 2.

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Course objectives

• To provide participants with an enjoyable
  experience of learning that meets their personal
  goals and interests.
• To cover all numeracy concepts included in Level
  2 tests.
• To build participants confidence particularly
  in responding to the Skills for Life support
  needs of learners within their organisations.
• To enable participants to experience the benefits
  of group teaching and learning and peer support.
• To enable participants to achieve the National
• Certificate in Adult Numeracy at Level 2.

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Module 1 Outcomes

• Participants will have
• an understanding of the contents of the training
  programme
• gained knowledge of their skills in relation to
  starting levels that will inform an individual
  learning plan
• sampled skills and test taster exercises
• explored a range of teaching and learning
  resources to support them and their learners.

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Context for training

Skills for Life strategy launched in March 2001
to raise the standards in literacy, numeracy and
language of the UKs adult population. Targets 7
5,000 by 2004 1.5 million by 2007 Introduction
of national standards, curricula and
qualifications.
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Adult Literacy in England 2002/03 (aged 1665)
5.2 m with below Level 1 literacy
14.1 m
12.6 m
3.5 m
1.1 m
0.6 m
Base all respondents with literacy score (7873)
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Adult Numeracy in England 2002/03 (aged 1665)
15 m with below Level 1 numeracy
8.8 m
8.1 m
8.1 m
5.1 m
1.7 m
Base all respondents with numeracy score (8041)
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National standards

• Separate strands of literacy/numeracy.
• Specify full range of skills required for an
  adult to communicate and apply numeracy
  effectively and confidently.
• 5 levels Entry levels 1, 2 and 3
• Level 1 and Level 2

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National Qualifications the National
Certificates in Adult Literacy and Numeracy

• Part of National Qualifications Framework
• Short (1 hr literacy, 1¼ hr numeracy) and
  accessible
• 40 multiple choice questions 1 mark each
• Four possible answers three wrong, but
  plausible
• Pass mark 75
• Numeracy coverage
• Number
• Measures, shape and space
• Handling data

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National Qualifications Framework
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Skills for Lifenational professional
qualifications

• Progression opportunities
• Certificate in Adult Learning Support at Level 2
• Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
  Support at Level 3
• Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
  Specialists at Level 4

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Purpose of assessment



Skills check

To show who would benefit
Mini-test could inform either stage
Initial Assessment
For level of skills
Practice Test could inform either stage
For detailed learner profile informs ILP
Diagnostic Assessment
Practice Test could inform Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment
Final Practice Test
Take the National Test in Adult Literacy and/or
Numeracy
Completion of ILP for strand 1
Summative
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What the experts say

• A man whose mind has gone astray should study
  mathematics.
• Francis Bacon
• Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them
  sad and theology makes them sinful.
• Martin Luther
• In mathematics you dont understand things, you
  just get used to them.
• Johann von Neumann
• There are three kinds of mathematicians those
  who can count and those who cannot.
• Anon

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The language of maths

• How many ways are there of saying
• add?
• subtract?
• multiply?
• divide?
• do a question?

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Mind your language!

• Think about division
• divide 6 into 12
• Does this mean divide 12 by 6?
• Does it mean divide 6 into 12 parts?
• What is the answer in each case?

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