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FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICS PROCESS SKILLS
Skillsworkshop tips
Process Skills (all levels)
Entry 3 skills standards
Level 1 skill standards
To develop this skill, encourage learners to:
Representing
Represent
Selecting the mathematics and information to
Understand practical
Understand practical
Highlight information they need and/or cross out
problems in familiar
problems in familiar and
unneeded information.
model a situation
contexts and situations
unfamiliar contexts and
Arrange or reorganise given or selected information
Recognise that a situation has aspects that
Begin to develop own
situations, some of which
as needed e.g. in a table or list.
can be represented using mathematics
strategies for solving
are non‐routine
Show all their working out.
Make an initial model of a situation using
simple problems
Identify and obtain
Note that calculators are permitted at all levels of
suitable forms of representation
Select mathematics to
necessary information to
Functional Maths assessment but learners should
Decide on the methods, operations and tools,
obtain answers to simple
tackle the problem
get into the habit of recording all their working out
including ICT, to use in a situation
given practical problems
Select mathematics in an
– whether or not a calculator is used.
Select the mathematical information to use
that are clear and routine
organised way to find
solutions
Analysing
Analyse
Processing and using mathematics
Apply mathematics to
Apply mathematics in an
Check all their calculations or procedures and show
obtain answers to simple
organised way to find
proof that they have done so.
Use appropriate mathematical procedures
given practical problems
solutions to straight‐
Investigate other options / situations (e.g. research
Examine patterns and relationships
that are clear and routine
forward practical
related topics or items on the web).
Change values and assumptions or adjust
Use simple checking
problems for different
Create new questions about given information and
relationships to see the effects on answers in
procedures
purposes
try them out on others.
models
Use appropriate checking
Mark each other’s work.
Find results and solutions
procedures at each stage
Interpreting
Interpret
Interpreting and communicating the results of
Interpret and
Interpret and
Draw conclusions
communicate solutions
communicate solutions
Discuss and justify their choice of method and their
the analysis
to practical problems in
to practical problems,
answer.
Interpret results and solutions
familiar contexts and
drawing simple
Explain their answers and conclusions to others –
Draw conclusions in light of situations
situations
conclusions and giving
verbally and in writing.
Consider the appropriateness and accuracy of
explanations
results and conclusions
= tip that works particularly well with this resource
Choose appropriate language and forms of
presentation to communicate results and
solutions
September 2013. Kindly contributed by Alexander Ross, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College. Search for Alexander on
Covers many aspects of E3-L1 Adult numeracy and Functional Mathematics. Further links on
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